Crossword clues for nap
nap
- Something you may get caught taking
- Snort snooze
- Sleep for far less than eight hours
- Sleep for a little while
- Sleep briefly
- Siesta, e.g
- Shuteye session
- Revitalizing break
- Restorative ritual
- Rest in a recliner
- Quick time out?
- Preschool activity
- Pile feature
- Midafternoon break
- Little refresher
- Light shuteye
- Kindergartner's snooze
- It might be taken mid-afternoon
- Hardly a deep sleep
- Get some sack time
- Get a little rest
- Fabric pile
- Entry in a baby's schedule
- Drop off for a while
- Daytime refresher
- Crash for a few
- Cranky baby's need
- Cloth surface
- Catch a wink
- Cat _____
- Brief slumber
- Brief respite
- Brief doze
- Break for a toddler and parent
- Bit of a lie-down
- Become careless
- Afternoon activity for a toddler
- Word with very different meanings after "dog" and "cat"
- Word after power or cat
- Word after "cat" or "power"
- What a couch may be preferred over a bed for
- Wet ___
- Velour hallmark
- Undercover time?
- Treat jet lag, perhaps
- Tour break?
- Tour break activity
- Tot time-out
- Toddler's time out?
- Toddler's noontime break (3)
- Toddler's midday siesta
- Toddler's midday break
- Time to shut it all down
- Time out for tots
- This can happen on tour bus
- Tennis-ball feature
- Take a quick snooze
- Take a ___ (sleep for a short while)
- Take a ___ (sleep for a bit)
- Take a ___ (sleep briefly)
- Sort of day break
- Something you might grab in a hammock
- Something taken lying down
- Something taken in a hammock
- Some shut-eye
- Some babes go down for it
- Snatch of sleep
- Sleep on the sofa, maybe
- Sleep for a half hour, maybe
- Sleep for a few minutes
- Sleep at one's desk, say
- Sleep at 2 p.m., perhaps
- Siesta taken by this puzzle's longest answers
- Short midday sleep
- Short light sleep
- Short daytime sleep
- Short afternoon snooze
- Rugrat's downtime
- Rugrat's break
- Rip Van Winkle had a long one
- Rest on a couch, say
- Rest of the day
- Relax on the red-eye, say
- Refresher at work (if you have your own office)
- Recover from sleep deprivation
- Recharge, in a way
- Recharge of a sort
- Racing certainty
- R&R activity
- Quiet time at day care
- Quick time out
- Preschooler's downtime
- Preschool snooze
- Preschool ritual
- Preschool downtime
- Power up for the afternoon, perhaps
- Power ___ (short sleep during the workday)
- Power ___ (exec's break)
- Power ___ (brief sleep during the workday)
- Pile of warm clothing?
- Pile of clothing?
- Part of a preschool day, often
- One may be taken under a tree
- Nursery school routine
- Nursery school resting period
- Not a deep sleep
- Moleskin feature
- Midday sleep
- Midday pre-K break
- Mid-afternoon break
- Little downtime
- Lie-down, to a Yank
- Leather's fuzzy side
- Kindergartner's rest time
- Kindergartner's break
- Kindergarten "time"
- Kid's time out?
- Kid or cat attachment
- Jet lag remedy, perhaps
- It's rarely taken at night
- It's no deep slumber
- It refreshes
- Intermittent sleep
- Interlude for a tot
- Hour of down time?
- Hammock time
- Hammock snooze
- Grueling tour day break
- Grab a quick snooze
- Go out during the day?
- Go out at siesta time?
- Give in to jet lag
- Fuzzy surface
- Fuzzy side of leather
- Follows cat and kid
- Fiber finish
- Felt surface
- Fast crash?
- Fabric surface
- Fabled hare's undoing
- Entry on baby's agenda
- Energy restoration source
- Drop off, perhaps
- Drift off for a while
- Drift off briefly
- Doze on the sofa, maybe
- Doze on the couch, maybe
- Doze during the daytime
- Doze during the afternoon
- Doze briefly
- Down-and-out time-out?
- Don't let the boss catch you taking this
- Daydreamer's activity?
- Daily ritual for Einstein and Edison
- Dagwood indulgence
- Cranky person's need
- Check out in the afternoon
- Chance to dream
- Cause of tennis-ball spin
- Catch up on one's sleep
- Catch some zzzzz's
- Catch some afternoon Z's
- Catch a few Zs
- Cat's pause?
- Cat or dog tail?
- Cat chaser?
- Cat activity
- Carpet factor
- Brit : lie-down :: Yank : __
- Brief tour time-out
- Brief retirement
- Brief period of sleep
- Brief lie-down
- Brief afternoon rest
- Break when you're out
- Break on a cot
- Break for sleepyheads
- Break for a toddler
- Boxing day necessity
- Bit of rest
- Battery recharger, so to speak
- Babysitter's break
- Baby's time-out
- Attachment to "kid" and "cat"
- An hour of sleep, e.g
- Afternoon timeout
- Afternoon sleep
- Afternoon siesta
- Afternoon respite
- Abduction suffix
- A toddler may dread taking one
- A toddler may be put down for one
- 30-minute rest, perhaps
- 20 winks
- "Power" break
- "I need a ___!" ("I'm so sleepy!")
- ___ Lajoie, baseball immortal
- Carpet down
- Rest of the afternoon?
- It makes towels plushy
- Repose
- Tot's timeout
- Shut-eye
- Nod off briefly
- Tot's time-out
- The pause that refreshes?
- It may help you "catch up"
- Snooze on the couch
- Softness provider
- Suede feature
- Drop off for a bit
- Kindergarten break
- More than nod
- Forty winks constitutes one
- Raised fiber
- Not pay attention at all
- 40 winks, collectively
- Downy surface on wool fabrics
- Pile on the rug
- Drop off, maybe
- Afternoon break, perhaps
- Towel feature
- Siesta activity
- Day break?
- Time out?
- Break of a sort
- Flannel feature
- Velvet pile
- Fuzziness
- Doze off
- Short snooze in a hammock
- Get a little shuteye
- A few Z's
- Down-and-out time?
- Brief time out?
- Not be alert
- Short respite
- Afternoon treat, maybe
- Catch a few z's on tour
- High fiber?
- Quick shuteye
- Quick rest during the day
- Tennis ball feature
- Quick refresher
- Pause that refreshes?
- Be off one's guard
- Go out for a bit?
- Carpet fuzz
- Break in the day
- Occasion to recharge
- Recharging aid
- Toddler's need
- Be off guard?
- What you may do when you're beat
- See 92-Down
- Refresher, of a sort
- Recover from an all-nighter, say
- Go out for a while?
- It can be felt on felt
- Quick refreshment
- Some fuzz
- Part of a baby's daily schedule
- Day care break
- Something Garfield often takes
- Quiet break
- Get some Z's
- Power ___ (short sleep)
- Quick time-out
- Experience a minor crash?
- Recharge midday
- Fail as a night guard, say
- Few Z's
- Spend time in a hammock, say
- Tennis ball fuzz
- Preschool break, maybe
- Fuzzy surface texture
- Take a time out?
- Be out for a bit?
- Brief siesta
- A short sleep (usually not in bed)
- A period of time spent sleeping
- A soft or fuzzy surface texture
- What a baby needs
- Emerize
- Downy coating
- Suede surface
- Fluff
- Catch a Z or two
- Rya feature
- Part of a baby's routine
- Cards raise this
- Baize feature
- Be careless or unguarded
- Feature of baize
- Infant's daily break
- Aspect of velvet
- Teasel raises it
- Short sleeping session
- Part of a baby's day
- Sleep with back of neck not completely visible
- Short rest not awfully peaceful at first
- Rest cooking utensil upside down
- Pile of exposed photographs?
- Brief sleep
- Italian futurist represented time in art
- Little shut-eye
- Card game
- Take five
- Take a siesta
- Carpet feature
- Catch some z's
- Fabric fuzz
- Afternoon snooze
- Drift off for a bit
- Quick snooze
- Short rest
- Midday snooze
- Day break
- Catch forty winks
- Carpet characteristic
- Midday break of a sort
- Brief snooze
- You might take it lying down
- Rug feature
- Afternoon refresher
- Take a snooze
- Short break of a sort
- Period of inactivity
- Carpet quality
- Catch 40 winks
- Be inattentive
- Sack out briefly
- Rest period
- Fleece feature
- __ time
- Quick break
- Preschooler's dread, sometimes
- Little break
- Fabric feature
- Daytime drop-off?
- Brief refresher
- Afternoon rest
- What cats are prone to do
- Refreshing break
- Midday refresher
- Grab a few winks
- Drop off briefly
- Down time?
- Daytime snooze
- Brief break
- Bit of shuteye
- Bit of shut-eye
- Tot's break
- Toddler's break
- Short time out
- Hammock session
- Doze a bit
- Catch some Zs
- Baby's break
- Velvet feature
- Toddler's afternoon ritual
- Time out for a tot
- Take forty winks
- Sort of break
- Short time-out
- Rug texture
- Rug factor
- Recharge your batteries
- Quick sleep
- One way to take a break
- Midafternoon refresher
- Hall of Famer Lajoie
- Grab some shut-eye
- Go out in the afternoon?
- Go out for a bit
- Get some rest
- Down or down time
- Day-care break
- Count a few sheep
- Brief time out
- Break for a parent or toddler
- Be unaware of imminent danger
- Be off-guard
- Afternoon shut-eye
- Afternoon indulgence
- Type of time-out
- Tour mini-break
- Tot's time out
- Toddler's ritual
- Toddler's midday event
- Toddler's downtime
- Time-out of a sort
- Take a break, in a way
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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[=i]pa, to droop.]
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
--Chaucer.-
To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping.
--Wyclif.I took thee napping, unprepared.
--Hudibras.
Nap \Nap\, n.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
--Cowper.
Nap \Nap\, n. [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan. noppe, LG. nobbe.]
Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
--Knight.
Nap \Nap\, v. t. To raise, or put, a nap on.
Nap \Nap\, n. Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"downy surface of cloth," mid-15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German noppe "nap, tuft of wool," probably introduced by Flemish cloth-workers. Cognate with Old English hnoppian "to pluck," ahneopan "pluck off," Old Swedish niupa "to pinch," Gothic dis-hniupan "to tear."
Old English hnappian "to doze, sleep lightly," of unknown origin, apparently related to Old High German hnaffezan, German dialectal nafzen, Norwegian napp. Related: Napped; napping.
"short spell of sleep," c.1300, from nap (v.). With take (v.) from c.1400.
"to furnish with a nap, raise the nap of," 1610s, from nap (n.1).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day vb. 1 to have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day 2 to be off one's guard Etymology 2
n. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather. vb. to form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather) Etymology 3
n. 1 (context British English) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips 2 (context uncountable card games English) A card game in which players take tricks; properly (term: Napoleon) 3 A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon. Etymology 4
vb. (context obsolete English) to grab; to nab Etymology 5
vb. (context cooking English) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive)
WordNet
n. a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" [syn: sleep]
a soft or fuzzy surface texture
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]
a short sleep (usually not in bed) [syn: catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze]
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]
Wikipedia
A nap is a short period of sleep.
Nap or NAP may also refer to:
Primarily, nap is the raised (fuzzy) surface on certain kinds of cloth, such as velvet. Nap can refer additionally to other surfaces that look like the surface of a napped cloth, such as the surface of a felt or beaver hat.
Starting around the 14th century, the word referred originally to the roughness of woven cloth before it was sheared. When cloth, especially woollen cloth, is woven, the surface of the cloth is not smooth, and this roughness is the nap. Generally the cloth is then 'sheared' to create an even surface, and the nap is thus removed. A person who trimmed the surface of cloth with shears to remove any excess nap was known as a shearman.
A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken between the hours of 9am and 9pm as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours. A nap is a form of biphasic or polyphasic sleep, where the latter terms also include longer periods of sleep in addition to one single period. Cultural attitudes toward napping during the work day vary. In many Western cultures, children and the elderly are expected to nap during the day and are provided with designated periods and locations to do so. In these same cultures, most working adults are not expected to sleep during the day and napping on the job is widely considered unacceptable. Other cultures (especially those in hot climates) serve their largest meals at midday, with allowance for a nap period ( siesta) afterwards before returning to work.
Usage examples of "nap".
Christian was, Hopeful had taken a nap, as he so confidingly called it--a fatal nap in that arbour built by the enemy of pilgrims, just on purpose for the young and the ignorant, the inexperienced and the self-indulgent.
He had only allowed himself a two-hour nap while Anoshi and Bap dropped safely off to sleep.
Mijnheer Beek took longer than usual to settle for his after-lunch nap the next day.
I was so exhausted from pain, I had to take a two-hour nap to be able to go to the Ice Capades with Lindsay.
Walton selected a private room, lunched lightly on baked chlorella steak and filtered rum, and dialed a twelve-minute nap.
How long until page 27, the culling song, gets read to fifty kids before nap time?
The deafening roll of the thunder awoke Washington White from a short nap, and the darkey was not at all sure that he was safe from the lightning bolts.
Perhaps Sir would consider an after dinner digestif and a post-prandial nap instead?
He felt his spirits lift, and his time as a dormouse had already become nothing more in his head than the remnants of a dream, as if he had merely taken an afternoon nap in front of the kitchen fire and was now wide awake once more.
He had hopes, too, of ultimately catching the good attorney napping, and leading him too, bound and docile, into his ergastulum, although he was himself just now in jeopardy from that quarter.
Leo sometimes caught naps while Erith slept and fed in the afternoon, but still collapsed like the exhausted man he was from midnight to dawn.
The Fam spent most of her time with Straif, demanding petting, curling to nap on his lap when he worked in his ResidenceDen, sometimes sneaking into the bed during the middle of the night and sleeping next to Straif.
Women sometimes became hewers, but it was rare: when wielding the pick or hammer most women could not hit hard enough, and it took them too long to win the coal from the face, The men always took a nap when they came home.
Williard took his usual nap after chow, then rounded up Tex, Heavy and Junkman for the trip to Long Binh.
Amos went up to his room to take a nap and I started cleaning up things downstairs where Libbet worked yesterday.