Napped vs Rapped - What's the difference?

napped | rapped |

As verbs the difference between napped and rapped

is that napped is (nap) while rapped is (rap).

napped

English

Verb

(head)

(nap)

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nap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) nappen, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* catnap * dirt nap

Verb

(napp)

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

to be off one's guard

* Hudibras

I took thee napping , unprepared.

The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.

Derived terms

* catch napping

Synonyms

* snooze * doze

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , from (etyl)

Noun

(-)

A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.

* 1591 , , by William Shakespeare

I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

*1851 ,

On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap' to it, like the worn ' nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 37:

There were low bookshelves, there was a thick pinkish Chinese rug in which a gopher could have spent a week without showing his nose above the nap .

Verb

(napp)

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

Etymology 3

* From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France (Bonaparte)

Noun

(en noun)

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

(uncountable, games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly (Napoleon)

Derived terms

* go nap

Etymology 4

possibly Scandanavian, cognate with nab, see Swedish

Verb

(napp)

(obsolete) to grab; to nab

Derived terms

* kidnap

Etymology 5

From (etyl) napper, from .

Verb

(napp)

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

* 2006 , Wayne Gisslen, Mary Ellen Griffin, Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs? :

Vanilla ice cream topped with a poached or canned pear half, napped with chocolate sauce, and garnished with toasted sliced almonds.

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rapped

English

Verb

(head)

(rap)

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rap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rap, rappe, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(wikipedia rap)

(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.

The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter II,

He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap . He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he rapped again, a little louder than before.

(uncountable) Blame (for something).

You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap .

(informal) A casual talk

(uncountable) Rap music.

A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

Synonyms

* (blame) fall

Derived terms

* beat the rap * bum rap * rap music * rap song * take the rap

Etymology 2

From (etyl) rappen, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) .

Verb

(rapp)

To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

* 1845 , (Edgar Allan Poe), "":

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ¶ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, ¶ While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, ¶ As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ¶ "'Tis some visitor", I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — ¶ Only this, and nothing more."

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter II,

He walked softly up the sanded path, tiptoed up the steps and across the piazza, and rapped' at the front door, not too loudly, lest this too might attract the attention of the man across the street. There was no response to his rap. He put his ear to the door and heard voices within, and the muffled sound of footsteps. After a moment he ' rapped again, a little louder than before.

(dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

* Prior

With one great peal they rap the door.

(metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

(ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

''He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys

He rapped a song to his girlfriend.

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(informal) To talk casually.

Synonyms

* (sense, strike something sharply with one's knuckles) knock

Derived terms

* rap on * rapper

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

(en noun)

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

(Knight)

Etymology 4

Perhaps contracted from rapparee.

Noun

(en noun)

Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

* Jonathan Swift

Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps .

* Mrs. Alexander

Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap , save with her consent.

A whit; a jot.

I don't care a rap .

That's not worth a rap .

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