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napping
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Napping
(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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Napping
(gcide) | Napping \Nap"ping\, n.
1. The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
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2. (Hat Making) A sheet of partially felted fur before it is
united to the hat body. --Knight.
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3. The act or process of having a short sleep; as, napping is
a common occupation for cats.
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napping
(wn) | napping
adj 1: not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping";
"caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his
guard" [syn: napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p),
off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard,
off your guard] |
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kidnapping
(mass) | kidnapping
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common snapping turtle
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kidnapping
(encz) | kidnapping,únos člověka n: Zdeněk Brož |
kidnappings
(encz) | kidnappings,únosy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
napping
(encz) | napping,dřímání n: Zdeněk Brož |
snapping
(encz) | snapping,chňapání n: Zdeněk Brožsnapping,praskání n: Zdeněk Brož |
snapping beetle
(encz) | snapping beetle, n: |
snapping shrimp
(encz) | snapping shrimp, n: |
snapping turtle
(encz) | snapping turtle,kajmanka dravá Zdeněk Brož |
Kidnapping
(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. Kidnaperkidnapping \kidnapping\ n.
the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person
against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
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kidnapping
(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. Kidnaperkidnapping \kidnapping\ n.
the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person
against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
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Knapping
(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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Napping machine
(gcide) | Gig \Gig\, n. [Cf. Icel. g[imac]gja fiddle, MHG. g[imac]ge, G.
geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random,
and E. jig.]
1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round
in play.
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Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
--Shak.
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2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one
horse; a kind of chaise.
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3. (Naut.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and
designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the
commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
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4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or
teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
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Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or {Napping
machine}. See Gig, 4.
Gig saw. See Jig saw.
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Snapping
(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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a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
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Snapping beetle
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
[1913 Webster]Elater \El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.]
1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
spores, as in some liverworts.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae], having
the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
beetle}, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related
insects for leaping. See Collembola.
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snapping beetle
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
[1913 Webster]Elater \El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.]
1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
spores, as in some liverworts.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid[ae], having
the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
beetle}, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related
insects for leaping. See Collembola.
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Snapping turtle
(gcide) | Snapping \Snap"ping\,
a. & n. from Snap, v.
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Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap.
Snapping turtle. (Zool.)
(a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle ({Chelydra
serpentina}) common in the fresh waters of the United
States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey
by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle.
(b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.
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alligator snapping turtle
(wn) | alligator snapping turtle
n 1: large species having three ridges on its back; found in
southeastern United States [syn: {alligator snapping
turtle}, alligator snapper, Macroclemys temmincki] |
common snapping turtle
(wn) | common snapping turtle
n 1: large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or
near water; prone to bite [syn: common snapping turtle,
snapper, Chelydra serpentina] |
kidnapping
(wn) | kidnapping
n 1: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a
person against their will and holding them in false
imprisonment [syn: kidnapping, snatch] |
napping
(wn) | napping
adj 1: not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping";
"caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his
guard" [syn: napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p),
off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard,
off your guard] |
snapping beetle
(wn) | snapping beetle
n 1: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the
air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, skipjack,
snapping beetle] |
snapping shrimp
(wn) | snapping shrimp
n 1: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their
enlarged chelae [syn: snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp] |
snapping turtle
(wn) | snapping turtle
n 1: large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws |
KIDNAPPING
(bouvier) | KIDNAPPING. The forcible and unlawful abduction and conveying away of a man,
woman, or child, from his or her home, without his or her will or consent,
and sending such person away, with an intent to deprive him or her of some
right. This is an offence at common law.
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