Crossword clues for napping
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.
Napping \Nap"ping\, n.
The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
(Hat Making) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body.
--Knight.The act or process of having a short sleep; as, napping is a common occupation for cats.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"action of sleeping," Old English hneappunge, verbal noun from nap (v.).
Wiktionary
n. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth. vb. (present participle of nap English)
WordNet
See nap
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]
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]
Wikipedia
Napping may relate to:
- Napping (method of data collection)
- Nap (sleep)
- Nap (textile)
Usage examples of "napping".
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.
While some children will suddenly announce one day that they no longer need a nap, most children gradually begin a process of napping one day and skipping the next.
Alice, sometimes napping on the daybed in her bedroom, the picture of the devoted husband.
Everything was going along very satisfactory to the Fenian leaders, and it seemed to them as if Uncle Sam and the Canadian Government would both be caught napping.
In fact, the little white hen catapulted halfway across the yard, feathers flying like the sparks from a comet, before gaining control of its wildly napping wings and coming to an upright halt: then, clucking terri-fiedly, it ran away.
Thank God he was napping when the doorbell rang, & thank God Herb's at work, because the SLB eavesdrops on Herb's mind sometimes, I know he does.
He wandered off along the landing, silk dressing gown napping, and Lady Belling ham started to shoo the others out of the room with a mixture of clucking and scolding.
As Milo checked the freezer, Bosc chuckled again, but when Milo turned to look at him, the guy’s eyes were shut tight and his body had gone loose and he might’ve been napping.
Knapps thinks to catch me napping, but the Plot is discovered, and Barnaby Bracegirdle is obliged to loosen his braces for the second time on my account —Drawing caricatures ends in drawing blood —The Usher is ushered out of the school, and I am nearly ushered into the next world, but instead of being bound on so long a journey, I am bound "'Prentice to a Waterman.
As soon as I saw it I raced upstairs to check on Seth, who was supposedly napping.
She would have gladly spent the day in that room, soaking in the deep tub of hot water, sitting by the window and daydreaming, or napping on one of the daybeds and not feeling awkward about the folded towels under her hips.
Time was, therefore, denoted by such appellations as the dynasts breakfast hour or the dynasts audience hour or the dynasts napping hour.
Audience hour marked a last moments flurry of activity before the city shut down for the dynasts luncheon hour and the dynasts napping hour.
He's a damned good man - but it's decidedly questionable whether he has got whatever it is that made Tugwell, Wanacek and Charlevoix work straight through for seventy two hours, napping now and then on benches and grabbing coffee and sandwiches when they could, until they got that frag bomb straightened out.
He's a damned good man — but it's decidedly questionable whether he has got whatever it is that made Tugwell, Wanacek and Charlevoix work straight through for seventy two hours, napping now and then on benches and grabbing coffee and sandwiches when they could, until they got that frag bomb straightened out.