napper en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From nap + -er.
Meanings
- A person who takes a nap.
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(slang) The head.
As he walked back to his flat after meekly apologising, he wondered why a severe pain in his napper could affect the lead in his pencil.
2011, Jeremy Roberts, Let's Not And Say We Did, page 96:You look so dapper from your napper to your feet.
1911, Charles Collins, Fred E. Terry, E.A. Sheppard, “Any Old Iron”:Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper.
1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297:
- (obsolete) A machine used to raise the nap on cloth.
- (obsolete) A sheepstealer.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nappers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gene-napper · catnapper · dognapper · rain napper
Hypernyms
Synonyms
brainbox · skull · belfry · calabash · lolly · napper · loaf · sconce · block · nut · dome · beaner · bean · noggin · brain bucket · noddle · noodle · bonce · head