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Pronunciation: /nap/

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Definition of nap

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five.
  • 2British a tipster’s prediction of the probable winner of a race: he discovered that his nap of the day had sprinted home at 10-1 at Doncaster

verb (naps, napping, napped)

[with object] British
  • name (a horse or greyhound) as a probable winner of a race: Harbinger is napped to win the Novices' Hurdle

Phrases

go nap

attempt to take all five tricks in nap.
score or win five times:Tranmere Rovers went nap to inflict a heavy 5-1 defeat on West Ham
risk everything in one attempt.

Origin:

early 19th century: abbreviation of napoleon, the original name of the card game

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