All nap synonyms
nap
N n noun nap
- short β having little length; not long.
- intermission β a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
- pause β a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- nod β to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- catnap β A catnap is a short sleep, usually one which you have during the day.
- spot β a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- interlude β an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- doze β to sleep lightly or fitfully.
- respite β a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
- shuteye β sleep.
- siesta β a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- snooze β to sleep; slumber; doze; nap.
- wale β something that is selected as the best; choice.
- fiber β a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- grit β abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- feel β to perceive or examine by touch.
- warp β OS/2
- roughness β having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- outside β the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- surface β the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- tooth β (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
- smoothness β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- weave β to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- weft β Textiles. filling (def 5).
- woof β filling (def 5).
- shag β this dance step.
- lie-down β a nap.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- texture β the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- fibre β a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- forty winks β a short nap.
- microsleep β a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
verb nap
- relax β to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- sleep β to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- rack β the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- drowse β to be sleepy or half-asleep.
- catch some z's β (Idiomatic) To sleep.
- kip β Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ΛkΙͺpΛΚp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- zizz β A whizzing or buzzing sound.
- drop off β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- nod off β to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.