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nap·py 1

 (năp′ē)
adj. nap·pi·er, nap·pi·est
1. Having a nap; fuzzy: a nappy carpet.
2. Often Offensive Tightly curled or coiled. Used of hair.

nap·py 2

 (năp′ē)
n. pl. nap·pies
A round, shallow cooking or serving dish with a flat bottom and sloping sides.

[Probably from dialectal nap, bowl, from Middle English, from Old English hnæp.]

nap·py 3

 (năp′ē)
n. pl. nap·pies Chiefly British
A diaper.

[Alteration of napkin.]
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nappy

(ˈnæpɪ)
n, pl -pies
Brit a piece of soft material, esp towelling or a disposable material, wrapped around a baby in order to absorb its urine and excrement. Also called: napkin US and Canadian name: diaper
[C20: changed from napkin]

nappy

(ˈnæpɪ)
adj, -pier or -piest
1. having a nap; downy; fuzzy
2. (Brewing) (of alcoholic drink, esp beer)
a. having a head; frothy
b. strong or heady
3. dialect chiefly Brit slightly intoxicated; tipsy
4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (of a horse) jumpy or irritable; nervy
n
(Brewing) any strong alcoholic drink, esp heady beer
ˈnappiness n
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nap•py3

(ˈnæp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
1. covered with nap; downy.
2. (of hair) kinky.
[1490–1500; see nap2, -y1]
nap′pi•ness, n.

nap•py4

(ˈnæp i)

n., pl. -pies. Chiefly Brit.
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nappy

- Describing a beer that has a head and is foaming—or a person who is slightly intoxicated.
See also related terms for intoxicated.
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nappy

diaper
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

Nappy

A shallow dish with sloping sides and a flat bottom used for cooking or serving food.
1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn’t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Nappy - garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waistnappy - garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
Adj.1.nappy - (of hair) in small tight curls
curly - (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
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nappy

noun diaper, napkin I changed the baby's nappy.
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Translations
حِفَاظُ الطِّفْلفوطَة الطِّفْل، قِماط
plenkaplena
ble
vindotuko
vaippa
pelena
bleyja
おむつ
기저귀
incunabula
autiņi
plenica
blöja
ผ้าอ้อมเด็ก

nappy

[ˈnæpɪ]
A. N (Brit) → pañal m
the baby's got a dirty nappyel niño tiene caca
leave the dirty nappies to soakpon los pañales sucios a remojo
B. CPD nappy liner Ngasa f
nappy rash Nirritación f
to have nappy rashestar escaldado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nappy

[ˈnæpi] n (British)couche fnappy liner n (British)protège-couche mnappy rash nérythème m fessier
to have nappy rash → faire de l'érythème fessier
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nappy

n (Brit) → Windel f
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nappy

[ˈnæpɪ] n (Brit) → pannolino
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nappy

(ˈnӕpi) plural ˈnappies noun
(American ˈdiaper) a piece of cloth or paper put between a baby's legs to soak up urine etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

Nappy

حِفَاظُ الطِّفْل plenka ble Windel πάνα pañal vaippa couche pelena pannolino おむつ 기저귀 luier bleie pielucha fralda подгузник blöja ผ้าอ้อมเด็ก bebek bezi 尿片
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With ever growing concern for the environment and as the war on plastic gathers momentum, this is great news for parents who want to minimize their environmental impact; now they can reduce their single use plastic and recycle, one reusable nappy change at a time.
[USPRwire, Mon Jul 22 2019] In this report, readers are promised to receive unbiased intelligence on various areas of the global Baby Training Nappy Diaper Market .
He says that with over 90,000 households using disposable nappies, Wales is producing 27,000 tonnes of this material each year which is over 140 million nappies per year and it is estimated to take 500 years for a nappy to fully decompose in landfill.
He said that with more than 90,000 households using disposable nappies, Wales is producing 27,000 tonnes of this material each year which is over 140 million nappies per year and it is estimated to take 500 years for a nappy to fully decompose in landfill.
[ClickPress, Fri Mar 01 2019] Fact.MR anticipates the global baby training nappy diaper market to gain a valuation of US$23.0 bn by the completion of the forecast period 2017-2022.
Cloth nappies have been around for centuries, and have come a long way from the towelling squares and nappy pins of my childhood.
The niftyTommee Tippee Sangenic Tec Nappy Disposal Tubholds up to 28 nappies at any one time, and the cleverly designed gadget helps keep your clean and tidy by killing 99 per cent of germs and bad smells.
Coun Blake Pain, county council cabinet member for environment and transport said: "Real nappy trial kits allow parents and carers to try before they buy.
Jodie Foster said Skylan, who is almost two, was left with what looked like chemical burns and blisters around the back of his legs and on his bottom within half-an-hour of her putting him in the nappy - one of a pack of own-brand nappies she bought from the Wilko store in New Street, Huddersfield.
Bridgend County Borough Council has teamed up with 'The Nappy Gurus - Bridgend' to subsidise starter kits so that they can be bought for PS25 instead of the RRP of PS50.