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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nappy
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nappy rashBritish English, diaper rash American English
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
disposable
▪ In short, Sangenic is the most modern, most environmentally friendly and most economic way to dispose of disposable nappies!
▪ They are the ultimate jugglers, but they have to manage without the help of disposable nappies, supermarkets and freezers.
▪ Proctor and Gamble, for example, suddenly announced that its disposable nappies were environmentally friendly.
▪ Foldaway slippers for the flight are tucked away in a holdall with disposable nappies and sick tablets.
▪ Nine million disposable nappies are discarded in Britain every day.
▪ Stannah Stairlifts Carry on enjoying life with a Stannah How do you dispose of a disposable nappy hygienically?
▪ The DuPont researchers who developed Biomax had first thought of using it for disposable nappies.
▪ That's why Sangenic is the invention that disposable nappies have been waiting for.
■ VERB
change
▪ They change nappies, feed babies under supervision and learn about sterilising and safety.
▪ When Dave sang, he was changing the baby's nappy.
▪ Sometimes she had to lift it out, feed it, and change its nappies, thick with excrement.
▪ I was also pushing a double pushchair, bending over changing nappies and lifting the boys in and out of the car.
▪ He claims he was alone with the child changing her nappy when she was sick, stopped breathing and died.
▪ Their books are full of female breadwinners and New Men changing nappies and comforting bawling babies in the small hours.
▪ Day after day, Claire had to dress her baby sister, feed her and even change her nappies.
▪ But she just forgot - she'd forget to change their nappies, she'd even forget to feed them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Do you know, I am nostalgic for nappies and broken nights.
▪ I wondered what I was going to do when I came to the end of Olivia's supply of nappies.
▪ In short, Sangenic is the most modern, most environmentally friendly and most economic way to dispose of disposable nappies!
▪ Next day, it's off to the supermarket to catch up with the shopping - don't forget the newborn-size nappies!
▪ They're more prepared to do the dishes or change nappies.
▪ They change nappies, feed babies under supervision and learn about sterilising and safety.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nappy

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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nappy

"downy," late 15c., from nap (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "fuzzy, kinky," used in colloquial or derogatory reference to the hair of black people, is from 1950.

Wiktionary
nappy

Etymology 1 n. (context British Ireland Australia South Africa English) An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not yet have voluntary control of his or her bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper. vb. (context transitive English) To put a nappy on. Etymology 2

  1. 1 Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy. 2 (context US slang English) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (occasionally specifically in reference to black textured hair). 3 (cx rare English) Inclined to sleep; sleepy. Etymology 3

    alt. A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides. n. A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides. Etymology 4

    a. 1 (context of a drink English) Foamy; having a large head. 2 (context of a horse English) nervous, excitable. n. (context obsolete English) A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.

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WordNet
nappy

  1. adj. in small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky]

  2. 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]

  3. [also: nappiest, nappier]

Wikipedia
Nappy (disambiguation)

Nappy is a term in the English language in South Africa, Ireland, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Zimbabwe for a diaper. Pampers, Huggies, Luvs, etc.

Nappy may also refer to:

  • Afro-textured hair
  • Nappy Creek, a stream in Alaska
  • The raised surface and texture of cloth, referred to as the nap (textile)

Usage examples of "nappy".

Heesa not used to Nappy and Tony yet, but soon everything will be what you call hunkey dokey.

Titus needed a computer magazine, Pandora had to buy something to eradicate a minuscule crop of spots that had erupted on her chin, their baby sister Damp required more nappies and their parents, Signer and Signora Strega-Borgia, had to go to the bank and do boring adult stuff.

No longer were spare corners filled with prams, cartons of disposable nappies and the other impedimenta of babyhood.

Jeremy hesitates, torn between a distaste for dirty nappies and not wanting to disagree with Andrea.

Part of him hoped that the nappies and other artistic creations would be languishing in rubbish sacks - and that he could watch Andrea at her angry best.

Helen said as she placed a stack of nappies and baby clothes on the bed.

Donald Duck in a tent, said she thought nappies would be nice for Andromeda.

Signor Strega-Borgia standing, one arm on the mantelpiece, clad in a dry nappy, Tarantella gazing into the camera with her legs draped over the arm of a chair, Damp asleep propped up against a pinnacle of books, Titus in his pyjamas affecting total boredom as Pandora swung back and forth in front of him, suspended on a lumpy length of spider-silk .

Strega-Borgia standing, one arm on the mantelpiece, clad in a dry nappy, Tarantella gazing into the camera with her legs draped over the arm of a chair, Damp asleep propped up against a pinnacle of books, Titus in his pyjamas affecting total boredom as Pandora swung back and forth in front of him, suspended on a lumpy length of spider-silk .

The pebbled beach is crowded with families: shoeless fathers in lounge suits and high white collars, mothers in blouses and skirts startled out of war-long camphor sleep, kids running all over in sunsuits, nappies, rompers, short pants, knee socks, Eton hats.

Glenn had had her moments of regret, but nothing life-threatening, and they had passed through those years spending nappy money on a boat, went to dinner on birthday cash and drank margaritas in Mexico at Christmas after her mother had died.

They had a real crummy pledge class this year because the Kappa Theta Eta house is the nappiest on campus, even worse than some of the fraternity houses.

Instead of being swaddled in tight wrappings, little Elessi wore only nappies and a loose tunic while she slept.

Guy wrestled him into nappy-liner, nappy, nappy pants, vest, shirt, trousers, socks, shoes, jumper and, downstairs, anorak, gloves, face mask, bobble hat, scarf.

In the nursery again Guy wrestled him out of bobble hat, face mask, gloves, anorak, jumper, shoes, socks, trousen, shirt, vest, nappy pants, nappy and nappy-liner, waved away the game but gagging nannies, hosed Marmaduke down in the master bathroom, and wrestled him back into nappy-liner, nappy, nappy pants, vest, shirt, trousers, socks, shoes, jumper, anorak, gloves, face mask, bobble hat and scarf.