nappy

6 definitions found

nappy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nappy \Nap"py\, a. [From 3d Nap.]
     Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. --Holland.
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  Nappy \Nap"py\, n.; pl. Nappies. [OE. nap, AS. hnaep cup,
     bowl. See Hanaper.]
     A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.
     [Written also nappie.]
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  nappy \nap"py\, n.; pl. nappies.
     A diaper[4]. [Chiefly Brit.]
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  Nappy \Nap"py\, a. [From 1st Nap.]
     1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
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     2. Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy;
        strong; heady; as, nappy ale. [Obs.] --Wyatt.
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nappy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nappy
      adj 1: (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly,
             frizzy, kinky, nappy]
      n 1: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
           legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
           excrement [syn: diaper, nappy, napkin]

nappy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "nappy":
     addled, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, crapulent,
     crapulous, dizzy, downy, drenched, drunk, drunken, far-gone,
     feathery, flossy, fluffy, flustered, fou, full, furry, fuzzy, gay,
     giddy, glorious, happy, hirsute, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated,
     inebrious, intoxicated, jolly, knobbed, maudlin, mellow, merry,
     muddled, nubbly, nubby, peachy, pily, pinnate, pitted, reeling,
     shaggy, shikker, sodden, sotted, studded, tiddly, tipsy,
     under the influence, velvety