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napped
(encz) | napped,zdříml v: Zdeněk Brož |
Napped
(gcide) | Nap \Nap\ (n[a^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Napped (n[a^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Napping (n[a^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. nappen, AS.
hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to
bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hn[imac]pa, to droop.]
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.
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2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as,
to be caught napping. --Wyclif.
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I took thee napping, unprepared. --Hudibras.
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napped
(wn) | napped
adj 1: (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a
dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped
fabrics" [syn: brushed, fleecy, napped] |
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kidnapped
(encz) | kidnapped,unesený adj: Zdeněk Brožkidnapped,unesl v: Zdeněk Brož |
napped
(encz) | napped,zdříml v: Zdeněk Brož |
snapped
(encz) | snapped,uchopil v: Zdeněk Brož |
something snapped
(encz) | something snapped, |
Kidnapped
(gcide) | Kidnap \Kid"nap`\ (k[i^]d"n[a^]p`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Kidnaped (k[i^]d"n[a^]pt`) or Kidnapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kidnaping or Kidnapping.] [Kid a child + Prov. E. nap to
seize, to grasp. Cf. Knab, Knap, Nab.]
To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will,
with intent to carry to another place. --Abbott.
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You may reason or expostulate with the parents, but
never attempt to kidnap their children, and to make
proselytes of them. --Whately.
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Note: Originally used only of stealing children, but now
extended in application to any human being,
involuntarily abducted. Kidnaper |
Knapped
(gcide) | Knap \Knap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knapping.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of;
prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.
]
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He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.
--Dr. H. More.
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He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in
sunder. --Ps. xlvi. 9
(Book of
Common
Prayer.)
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2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. [Chiefly Brit.]
--Bacon.
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Snapped
(gcide) | Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snapping.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin
to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel
beak, bill. Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are
brittle.
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Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior.
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2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
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3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
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He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has
been snapped by it at last. --South.
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4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat
snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville.
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5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to
snap a whip.
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MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. To project with a snap.
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7. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just
snicked a bowled ball).
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To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the
foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers
the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both
sides are ranged in line.
To snap off.
(a) To break suddenly.
(b) To bite off suddenly.
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Unnapped
(gcide) | Unnapped \Un*napped"\, a.
Finished without a nap.
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I did not attempt her with a threadbare name,
Unnapped with meritorious actions. --Beau. & Fl.
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napped
(wn) | napped
adj 1: (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a
dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped
fabrics" [syn: brushed, fleecy, napped] |
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