nap

nap is a 3-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 12 senses

Definitions

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

   Synonyms: napoleon

8. noun. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

   Synonyms: catnap, snooze

9. noun. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

   "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

   Synonyms: pile

10. noun. a soft or fuzzy surface texture
11. noun. a period of time spent sleeping

    "he felt better after a little sleep"

    "there wasn't time for a nap"

    Synonyms: sleep

12. verb. take a siesta

    "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

    Synonyms: catnap

Synonyms

napoleon, catnap, snooze, pile, sleep

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nap:

npa, pan

Common word forms

naps, napal, naped, napes, napped, napper, napless, napping

Words from these letters

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