Usually means: Absorbent garment for infants, toddlers.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. nappy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nappy, nappy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nappy, nappy, nappy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nappy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nappy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nappy, nappy: Wordnik
  7. nappy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nappy: Wiktionary
  9. nappy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nappy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nappy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Nappy, nappy: Dictionary.com
  13. nappy (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nappy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nappy (disambiguation), Nappy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nappy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nappy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nappy: Rhymezone
  19. nappy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nappy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Nappy: Britih-American Dictionary
  22. nappy: Free Dictionary
  23. nappy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. nappy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. nappy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nappy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NAPPY: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nappy, nappy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. nappy: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nappy: Sports Definitions

(Note: See nappier as well.)

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noun:  (British, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand) An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
verb:  (transitive) To put a nappy on.
adjective:  Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
adjective:  (US, informal, sometimes offensive) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)
adjective:  (rare) Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
noun:  A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.
adjective:  (of a drink) Foamy; having a large head.
adjective:  (of a horse) Nervous, excitable.
noun:  (obsolete) A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.
adjective:  (Scotland) Brittle.

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