napping

napping
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • napping — (n.) action of sleeping, O.E. hneappunge, verbal noun from NAP (Cf. nap) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Napping — Nap Nap (n[a^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped} (n[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Napping} (n[a^]p p[i^]ng).] [OE. nappen, AS. hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to bend one s self, Icel. hnipna, hn[=i]pa, to droop.] 1. To have a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • napping — adjective not prepared or vigilant the blow caught him napping caught in an off guard moment found him off his guard • Syn: ↑off guard, ↑off guard, ↑off one s guard, ↑off his guard, ↑off her g …   Useful english dictionary

  • Napping machine — Gig Gig, n. [Cf. Icel. g[imac]gja fiddle, MHG. g[imac]ge, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig.] 1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. [1913 Webster] Thou disputest like an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • napping — sb. == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 6. AS. hnæppung …   Oldest English Words

  • napping — næp n. light sleep, short sleep (usually during the day) n. soft fibrous surface of a fabric that usually lies in one direction; soft superficial texture of a piece leather v. doze, sleep lightly (during the day); act recklessly; be unprepared v …   English contemporary dictionary

  • -napping — …   Useful english dictionary

  • napping hammer — variant of knapping hammer …   Useful english dictionary

  • Car-napping — Filmdaten Originaltitel Car napping – bestellt – geklaut – geliefert Produktionsland Deutschland …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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