Nappy

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nappy \Nap"py\, a. [From 3d {Nap}.]
     Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. --Holland.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Nappy \Nap"py\, n.; pl. {Nappies}. [OE. nap, AS. hnaep cup,
     bowl. See {Hanaper}.]
     A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.
     [Written also {nappie}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nappy \nap"py\, n.; pl. {nappies}.
     A {diaper}[4]. [Chiefly Brit.]
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nappy \Nap"py\, a. [From 1st {Nap}.]
     1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy;
        strong; heady; as, nappy ale. [Obs.] --Wyatt.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nappy
       adj : in small tight curls [syn: {crisp}, {frizzly}, {frizzy}, {kinky}]
       n : garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
           legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
           excrement [syn: {diaper}, {napkin}]
       [also: {nappiest}, {nappier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "nappy":
     addled, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, crapulent,
     crapulous, dizzy, downy, drenched, drunk, drunken, far-gone,
     feathery, flossy, fluffy, flustered, fou, full, furry, fuzzy, gay,
     giddy, glorious, happy, hirsute, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated,
     inebrious, intoxicated, jolly, knobbed, maudlin, mellow, merry,
     muddled, nubbly, nubby, peachy, pily, pinnate, pitted, reeling,
     shaggy, shikker, sodden, sotted, studded, tiddly, tipsy,
     under the influence, velvety