meaning of nap
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
2. To be in a careless, secure state.
3. A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
4. 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.
5. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
6. To raise, or put, a nap on.
7. a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
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