Knap vs. Nap
Knap and Nap Definitions
Knap
To break or chip (stone) with sharp blows, as in shaping flint or obsidian into tools.
Nap
A brief sleep, often during the day.
Knap
To strike sharply; rap.
Nap
A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
Knap
To snap at or bite.
Nap
A trick-taking card game in which the players are each dealt five cards and everyone bids the number of tricks they intend to take, with the highest bidder deciding the trump.
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Knap
(transitive) To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
Nap
The first bid of five tricks in this game, the maximum number in a hand. Also called napoleon.
Knap
(transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
Nap
See napoleon1.
Knap
To bite; to bite off; to break short.
Nap
To sleep for a brief period, often during the day; doze.
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Knap
To make a sound of snapping.
Nap
To be unaware of imminent danger or trouble; be off guard
The civil unrest caught the police napping.
Knap
A sharp blow or slap.
Nap
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
Knap
A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
Nap
To pour or put a sauce or gravy over (a cooked dish) in a thin, even layer
"a stuffed veal chop napped with an elegant Port sauce" (Jay Jacobs).
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Knap
The crest of a hill
Nap
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
Knap
A small hill
Nap
A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
Knap
A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.
The highest part and knap of the same island.
Nap
The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.
Knap
A sharp blow or slap.
Nap
(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
Knap
To bite; to bite off; to break short.
He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.
He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.
Nap
A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
Knap
To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.
Nap
A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
Knap
To make a sound of snapping.
Nap
A cup, bowl.
Knap
Strike sharply;
Rap him on the knuckles
Nap
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
Knap
Break a small piece off from;
Chip the glass
Chip a tooth
Nap
(figuratively) To be off one's guard.
The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
Nap
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
Nap
(obsolete) To grab; to nab.
Nap
(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. usually in the passive
Nap
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
Nap
To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping.
I took thee napping, unprepared.
Nap
To raise, or put, a nap on.
Nap
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
Nap
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.
Nap
The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
Nap
Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
Nap
A period of time spent sleeping;
He felt better after a little sleep
There wasn't time for a nap
Nap
A soft or fuzzy surface texture
Nap
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
Nap
A short sleep (usually not in bed)
Nap
A card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
Nap
Take a siesta;
She naps everyday after lunch for an hour
