NAP
1 —verb. (-pp-) sleep lightly or briefly. —none. Short sleep or doze, esp. By day. ? catch a person napping detect in negligence etc; catch off guard. [old english]
1 —verb. (-pp-) sleep lightly or briefly. —none. Short sleep or doze, esp. By day. ? catch a person napping detect in negligence etc; catch off guard. [old english]
2 none. Raised pile on textiles, esp. Velvet. [low german or dutch]
3 —none. 1 form of whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take. 2 racing tip claimed to be almost a certainty. —verb. (-pp-) name (a horse etc.) As a probable winner. ? go nap 1 attempt to take all five tricks in nap.