nap¹ /nap/

To take a short or casual sleep

A short or casual sleep

catch someone napping (informal)

1. To detect someone in error that might have been avoided
2. To catch someone unprepared or off his or her guard

nap² /nap/

1. A woolly surface on cloth, now (distinguished from pile) such a surface raised by a finishing process, not made in the weaving
2. The woolly surface removed in the process
3. A cloth with such a surface
4. A downy covering or surface on anything
5. Bedding or a bedroll (Aust informal)

1. To raise a nap on
2. To remove nap from

napˈless adjective

Without nap, threadbare

nappˈiness noun

nappˈy adjective

1. Downy
2. Shaggy
3. Frizzy (US inf)

nap³ /nap/

1. The card game napoleon
2. A call of five in that game
3. The winning of five tricks
4. A racing tip that professes to be a certainty, one that one may ‘go nap’ on

To name (a particular horse) as certain to win

nap hand noun

1. A series of five wins
2. A situation in which a risk seems worth taking

go nap

1. To undertake to win all five tricks
2. To score five times
3. To risk on a single attempt

nap⁴ /nap/

1. To seize
2. To steal

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