Definition of Nap

Nap

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

To be in a careless, secure state.

A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

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.

The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

To raise, or put, a nap on.

Same as Napoleon, 1, below.

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Well, Apple invented the PC as we know it, and then it invented the graphical user interface as we know it eight years later (with the introduction of the Mac). But then, the company had a decade in which it took a nap.
Steve Jobs

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
Bob Hope

I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.
Martha Stewart

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
Ovid

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.
Barbara Jordan

There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.
Alec Baldwin

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.
James Levine

My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter.
Lizzie Andrew Borden

I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.
Casper Van Dien