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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.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

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"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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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He says that nappies and absorbent hygiene products account for 10% of all household waste in Wales and so is the largest identifiable and ever increasing category of household waste sent to landfill.
He said nappies and absorbent hygiene products account for 10% of all household waste in Wales and is the largest identifiable and ever-increasing category of household waste sent to landfill.
GOn average, our kids will spend the first two and a half years of their lives in nappies - equating to around 4,000 diapers per child.
THE mum of a disabled son has spoken of her pride after Tesco became the first UK supermarket to sell nappies for older children in response to her campaign.
Fed-up with a growing mountain of stinking disposable nappies, a Dutch firm Tuesday started building the country's first recycling plant to turn poo into profit.
AYOUNG entrepreneur from Llantrisant is determined to tackle the world's environmental issues head-on with a new business making reusable nappies from ethically sourced Ugandan bamboo.
LEICESTERSHIRE County Council is encouraging parents to switch from disposable to real nappies by offering trial real nappy kits free of charge for a period of four weeks.
ASDA has cleared shelves of its own label newborn nappies after a tot suffered severe blistering following an adverse reaction.
AS the Grandmother of a, four next month, granddaughter who still has 'accidents' I can only agree with those parents who object to the decision of Anglesey Council to collect nappies only from those who have children aged up to three.
As the birth rate and sales of nappies/diapers/pants are directly related, the decline in number of newborn babies has put nappies sales under pressure.
Emphasis on nappies/pants for older children was also noted, such as swimmer nappies, and, in particular, night-time nappies for bed-wetting children.