napping

nap

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nap]
- /næp/
- /ˈnæpɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nap]
- /næp/

Definitions of napping word

verb without object napping to sleep for a short time; doze. 1
verb without object napping to be off one's guard: The question caught him napping. 1
verb with object napping to raise a nap on. 1
noun napping the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping. 1
noun napping any downy coating, as on plants. 1
noun napping Present participle of nap. 1

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Origin of napping

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English nappen (v.), nap (noun), Old English hnappian to sleep; cognate with Middle High German napfen

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Parts of speech for Napping

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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napping popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for napping

adjective napping

dopy — stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
off the top of one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.

adverb napping

asleep at the switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.

All 33 Synonyms of napping