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nap (3)

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nap3 /nap /
▸ noun
1 [mass noun] a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five.
2 British English a tipster's prediction of the probable winner of a race:
he discovered that his nap of the day had sprinted home at 10–1 at Doncaster.
▸ verb
( naps, napping, napped)
[with object] British English name (a horse or greyhound) as a probable winner of a race:
Harbinger is napped to win the Novices' Hurdle.
– PHRASES
go nap attempt to take all five tricks in nap.
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score or win five times:
Tranmere Rovers went nap to inflict a heavy 5–1 defeat on West Ham.
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risk everything in one attempt.
– ORIGIN late 19th century: abbreviation of napoleon, the original name of the card game.