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Word entry · 3 letters

nap

Best crossword clue

"Brief daytime sleep"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /næp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted anpStarts with NEnds with P5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A short sleep or brief rest.

Word origin

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).

Used in a sentence

  • The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
  • I took thee napping, unprepared.
  • I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Brief daytime sleep3 letters
02Brief rest3 letters
03Daytime rest3 letters
04Snooze3 letters
05Short sleep3 letters

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