naps
English
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: knaps
Noun
naps
- plural of nap
Noun
naps pl (plural only)
- (slang) kinky or curly hair
- 2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 171:
- The short “naps” of the average Sister do not sway in the wind as that of a blonde.
Verb
naps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of nap
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
naps
- plural of nap
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
naps (genitive napsu, partitive napsu)
Declension
| Declension of naps (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | naps | napsud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | napsu | ||
| genitive | napsude | ||
| partitive | napsu | napse napsusid | |
| illative | napsu napsusse |
napsudesse napsesse | |
| inessive | napsus | napsudes napses | |
| elative | napsust | napsudest napsest | |
| allative | napsule | napsudele napsele | |
| adessive | napsul | napsudel napsel | |
| ablative | napsult | napsudelt napselt | |
| translative | napsuks | napsudeks napseks | |
| terminative | napsuni | napsudeni | |
| essive | napsuna | napsudena | |
| abessive | napsuta | napsudeta | |
| comitative | napsuga | napsudega | |
| Declension of naps (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | naps | napsid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | napsi | ||
| genitive | napside | ||
| partitive | napsi | napse napsisid | |
| illative | napsi napsisse |
napsidesse napsesse | |
| inessive | napsis | napsides napses | |
| elative | napsist | napsidest napsest | |
| allative | napsile | napsidele napsele | |
| adessive | napsil | napsidel napsel | |
| ablative | napsilt | napsidelt napselt | |
| translative | napsiks | napsideks napseks | |
| terminative | napsini | napsideni | |
| essive | napsina | napsidena | |
| abessive | napsita | napsideta | |
| comitative | napsiga | napsidega | |
Finnish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɑps/, [ˈnɑ̝ps̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑps
- Syllabification(key): naps
- Hyphenation(key): naps
Interjection
naps
- (onomatopoeic) snap, snip
- yoink; sound of something being snatched or grabbed
- 1963, Yrjö A. Jäntti, Martti Haavio, Suomen sana: kansalliskirjallisuutemme valiolukemisto: Volume 1:
- Vinski laski kätensä varovaisesti veteen, lähestyi sormet harallaan nahkiaista ja naps!
- Vinski carefully lowered his hand into the water, approached the lamprey with his fingers open, and yoink!