0 a short sleep, especially during the day: --
1 the surface of a piece of cloth such as velvet, consisting of short threads that have been brushed in one direction --
2 to sleep for a short time, especially during the day: --
3 a brief sleep, esp. during the day --
One of the difficulties now is that, even though the fishermen are ready to find them, they catch the fishermen napping.
I admit that we have been caught napping.
Lawyers are anxious they should not be caught napping in declaring the title absolute.
So we are tough as nails with smokers, but are caught napping when it comes to hard drugs.
I believe that the shipbuilders have been caught napping over the sudden popularity of the very large tankers.
The dried teazle head brings up the nap on high quality cloth, the demand for which is growing because of the current snooker boom.
Having unpacked, we both collapsed onto our narrow iron bedsteads for a brief nap and a serious planning session of our culture and entertainment for the week.
I hypothesize that already in young infants sleep tendency increases in the course of the day despite intermittent decreases of sleep pressure as a result of daytime naps.
