6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nap \Nap\ (n[a^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped} (n[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Napping} (n[a^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hn[imac]pa, to droop.] 1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster +PJC] I took thee napping, unprepared. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Napping \Nap"ping\, n. 1. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. (Hat Making) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or process of having a short sleep; as, napping is a common occupation for cats. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: napping See {nap} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: nap n 1: a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" [syn: {sleep}] 2: a soft or fuzzy surface texture 3: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction" [syn: {pile}] 4: a short sleep (usually not in bed) [syn: {catnap}, {cat sleep}, {forty winks}, {short sleep}, {snooze}] 5: a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes [syn: {Napoleon}] v : take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" [syn: {catnap}, {catch a wink}] [also: {napping}, {napped}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: napping adj : not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard" [syn: {off-guard(a)}, {off guard(p)}, {off one's guard(p)}, {off his guard}, {off her guard}, {off your guard}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 117 Moby Thesaurus words for "napping": a stranger to, absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, anesthetized, asleep, bemused, blind to, castle-building, cataleptic, caught napping, comatose, daydreaming, daydreamy, dead to, deaf to, doped, dozy, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, drowsy, drugged, drugged with sleep, ecstatic, elsewhere, engrossed, faraway, goofing off, half asleep, half-awake, heavy, heavy with sleep, heavy-eyed, impercipient, in a reverie, in a stupor, in ignorance of, in the clouds, incautious, incognizant, insensible, insensible to, languid, lethargic, lost, lost in thought, meditative, mindless, mooning, moonraking, museful, musing, narcoleptic, narcose, narcotized, narcous, nodding, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, off-guard, oscitant, out of it, pensive, pipe-dreaming, preoccupied, rapt, sedated, sleep-drowned, sleep-drunk, sleep-filled, sleep-swollen, sleepful, sleeping, sleepy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somewhere else, somnolent, soporific, stargazing, stretchy, stuporose, stuporous, taken up, transported, unalert, unaware, unaware of, uncautious, unconscious, unconscious of, unguarded, unhearing, uninsightful, unknowing, unmindful, unmindful of, unperceiving, unprehensive, unprepared, unready, unrealizing, unseeing, unsuspecting, unvigilant, unwary, unwatchful, unwitting, witless, woolgathering, wrapped in thought, yawning, yawny
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