naps

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English

Pronunciation

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 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 (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

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!
      Vinski carefully lowered his hand into the water, approached the lamprey with his fingers open, and yoink!
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