Nap vs. Nip

Napnoun

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

Napnoun

A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.

Napnoun

The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.

Napnoun

(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.

Napnoun

A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.

Napnoun

A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.

Napnoun

(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.

Napverb

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

Napverb

(figuratively) To be off one's guard.

Napverb

To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).

Napverb

(obsolete) To grab; to nab.

Napverb

(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).

Napverb

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

Napverb

To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping.

Napverb

To raise, or put, a nap on.

Napnoun

A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

Napnoun

Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.

Napnoun

The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.

Napnoun

Same as Napoleon, 1, below.

Napnoun

a period of time spent sleeping;

Napnoun

a soft or fuzzy surface texture

Napnoun

the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;

Napnoun

a short sleep (usually not in bed)

Napnoun

a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

Napverb

take a siesta;

Nap

A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours.

Nipnoun

A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

Nipnoun

A nipple, usually of a woman.

Nipnoun

A playful bite.

Nipnoun

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nipnoun

Briskly cold weather.

Nipnoun

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

Nipnoun

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nipnoun

(mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

Nipnoun

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nipnoun

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nipnoun

(nautical) A short turn in a rope.

Nipnoun

(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another

Nipnoun

A pickpocket.

Nipverb

To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

Nipverb

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

Nipverb

To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.

Nipverb

To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nipverb

To annoy, as by nipping.

Nipverb

To taunt.

Nipverb

To squeeze or pinch.

Nipverb

To steal; especially to cut a purse.

Nipverb

To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'

Nipverb

(informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

Nipnoun

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

Nipnoun

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

Nipnoun

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nipnoun

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nipnoun

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nipnoun

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nipnoun

A short turn in a rope.

Nipverb

To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

Nipverb

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

Nipverb

Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nipverb

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

Nipnoun

a small drink of liquor;

Nipnoun

a person of Japanese descent

Nipnoun

a tart spiciness

Nipnoun

a small drink

Nipnoun

small sharp biting

Nipverb

squeeze tightly between the fingers;

Nipverb

give a small sharp bite to;

Nipverb

sever or remove by pinching or snipping;

Nip

Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon (日本), the Japanese name for Japan.