naps

English

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Homophone: knaps

Noun

naps

  1. plural of nap

Noun

naps pl (plural only)

  1. (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

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of nap

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

naps

  1. plural of nap

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schnaps.

Noun

naps (genitive napsu, partitive napsu)

  1. booze, liquor, spirits; a distilled alcoholic beverage

Declension
Declension of naps (type riik)
singular plural
nominative naps napsud
genitive napsu 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 (type riik)
singular plural
nominative naps napsid
genitive napsi 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

Interjection

naps

  1. (onomatopoeic) snap, snip
  2. 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!
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