nappy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.

   “You will notice that disposable nappies are sold in boy and girl versions. They vary in where the thickest padding is provided.”

2. fiil To put a nappy on.

   “The mother nappied the baby.”

3. sıfat Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.

   “1950, US District Courts, US Court of Claims, US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Federal Supplement, Volume 89, page 438, The original accused device, as was the patented device, was made of cotton flannel with a nappy surface on each side, […] .”

4. sıfat Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)

   “We would talk about each other′s ugly, big lips and flat noses. We would call each other pickaninnies and nappy-haired so-and-so′s.”

5. sıfat Inclined to sleep; sleepy.

   “After supper I felt nappy and dropped right off to sleep.”

6. isim A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.

   “Suppose you advertise a “five-inch glass nappy.” It doesn′t tell a reader anything — a woman especially. She can′t tell how big five inches are anyway ; but just say, “large imitation cut glass fruit saucers at thirty cents a dozen,” and get your packers ready.”

7. sıfat Foamy; having a large head.
8. sıfat Nervous, excitable.

   “‘He's a mutton-fisted beggar; but the horse is a bit nappy, and young Roger'll be the man to keep him going at his fences.’”

9. isim A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.

   “1827, R. Charlton, Newcastle Improvements, in T. Thompson, et al. A Collection of Songs, Comic and Satirical, Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect, page 151, Aw′ve seen when we′ve gyen iv a kind, freenly way / To be blithe ower a jug o′ good nappy”

10. sıfat Brittle.