[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nap \nap\ na^p, v. i. imp.  p. p. napped na^pt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. napping na^p"pi^ng. oe. nappen, as.
   hnaeppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. as. hnipian to
   bend one's self, icel. hnipna, hnimacpa, to droop.
   1. to have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as,
      to be caught napping. --wyclif.
      1913 webster +pjc

            i took thee napping, unprepared.      --hudibras.
      1913 webster
see also:
napped napping 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

napping \nap"ping\, n.
   1. the act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
      1913 webster

   2. hat making a sheet of partially felted fur before it is
      united to the hat body. --knight.
      1913 webster

   3. the act or process of having a short sleep; as, napping is
      a common occupation for cats.
      pjc

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

napping
     see nap
see also:
nap 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nap
     n 1: a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a
          little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" syn: sleep
     2: a soft or fuzzy surface texture
     3: the yarn as in a rug or velvet or corduroy that stands up
        from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut
        velvet with the pile running the same direction" syn: pile
     4: a short sleep usually not in bed syn: catnap, cat
        sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze
     5: a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
        syn: napoleon
     v : take a siesta; "she naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
         syn: catnap, catch a wink
     also: napping, napped
see also:
sleep pile catnap cat sleep forty winks short sleep 
snooze napoleon catch a wink napping napped 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

napping
     adj : not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping";
           "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his
           guard" syn: off-guarda, off guardp, off one's
           guardp, off his guard, off her guard, off your
           guard
see also:
off-guarda off guardp off one's guardp off his guard off her guard off your guard 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

117 moby thesaurus words for "napping":
   a stranger to, absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted,
   anesthetized, asleep, bemused, blind to, castle-building,
   cataleptic, caught napping, comatose, daydreaming, daydreamy,
   dead to, deaf to, doped, dozy, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, drowsy,
   drugged, drugged with sleep, ecstatic, elsewhere, engrossed,
   faraway, goofing off, half asleep, half-awake, heavy,
   heavy with sleep, heavy-eyed, impercipient, in a reverie,
   in a stupor, in ignorance of, in the clouds, incautious,
   incognizant, insensible, insensible to, languid, lethargic, lost,
   lost in thought, meditative, mindless, mooning, moonraking,
   museful, musing, narcoleptic, narcose, narcotized, narcous,
   nodding, nonconceiving, not with it, oblivious, off-guard,
   oscitant, out of it, pensive, pipe-dreaming, preoccupied, rapt,
   sedated, sleep-drowned, sleep-drunk, sleep-filled, sleep-swollen,
   sleepful, sleeping, sleepy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy,
   somewhere else, somnolent, soporific, stargazing, stretchy,
   stuporose, stuporous, taken up, transported, unalert, unaware,
   unaware of, uncautious, unconscious, unconscious of, unguarded,
   unhearing, uninsightful, unknowing, unmindful, unmindful of,
   unperceiving, unprehensive, unprepared, unready, unrealizing,
   unseeing, unsuspecting, unvigilant, unwary, unwatchful, unwitting,
   witless, woolgathering, wrapped in thought, yawning, yawny

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