Usually means: Short sleep, usually during daytime.
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We found 56 dictionaries that define the word nap:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. nap: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nap: Merriam-Webster
  3. nap, nap, nap, nap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nap, nap, nap, nap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nap: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nap: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nap, nap: Wordnik
  8. nap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. NAP, -nap, nap: Wiktionary
  10. -nap, nap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nap: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. NAP, -nap: Dictionary.com
  14. nap (n.), nap (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NAP, Nap (disambiguation), Nap (fabric), Nap (textile), Nap, The Nap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Nap: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. nap: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. nap: Rhymezone
  20. nap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. nap: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Nap: American-Britih Dictionary
  23. NAP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  24. Nap: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. nap: FreeDictionary.org
  26. nap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  27. nap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nap: Corporate Apparel Glossary
  2. Glossary of Crop Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. NAP: Netlingo
  2. NAP: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. NAP (Network Access Point): Linktionary Networking Glossary
  5. Webopedia (No longer online)
  6. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  8. nap: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  3. nap: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. NAP: Acronym Finder
  2. NAP: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. nap: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nap: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. NAP: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  3. NAP: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nap, nap, nap, nap, nap, nap, nap, nap, nap, Nap: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. N.A.P, N.A.P, The Nap, nap: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nap: Card Games

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nap: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. NAP: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)

(Note: See naping as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
verb:  (figuratively) To be off one's guard.
noun:  A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
noun:  A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
noun:  The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
verb:  To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
noun:  (British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
noun:  (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
noun:  A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
verb:  (obsolete) To grab; to nab.
verb:  (cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
noun:  (Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
noun:  Acronym of non-aggression principle. [(libertarianism) The legal or political principle asserting that initiating conflict against persons or their property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.]
noun:  Acronym of non-aggression pact.

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