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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

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