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Meanings of napping in inglés

español
perchado
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Process of brushing a woven fabric with raising cards, teasels or wire brushes to raise a nap.

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perchado

Not prepared or vigilant.

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Examples for "off-guard"
Examples for "off-guard"
1
I couldn't say if he was disappointed or just caught completely off-guard.
Act of will
2
One long-time resident, Susan Wright, said the blaze had caught everyone off-guard.
News.com.au
3
But it caught the scientific community tasked with informing policy makers off-guard.
The Guardian
4
It was the assembly of her senior year that threw her off-guard.
Good girls don't
5
They smashed into the group, catching them off-guard with their unexpected speed.
The skein of lament
1
The advantage always lies in catching the other fellow off his guard.
The Scranton High Chums on the Cinder Path / Or, The Mystery of ...
2
It put him right off his guard after he'd disposed of that.
Report for Murder
3
The sudden change in his wife's manner threw him off his guard.
After the Storm
4
Thus thrown off his guard, he blindly dashed into the wrong channel.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
5
For a fraction of a second he was caught off his guard.
Oh, You Tex!
1
Stephanie was off her guard for once, in no truly fencing mood.
The Titan
2
The strangeness and surprise took Mary off her guard, and she faltered:
A Son of the Hills
3
She was off her guard, and she spoke it aloud to Durrance.
The Four Feathers
4
She was angry enough, at that moment, to be off her guard.
The Fallen Leaves
5
Cornelia flushed and trembled; the traitorous feint had thrown her off her guard.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 2
1
Once before when you played that overture you were off your guard.
The Four Feathers
2
You were so happy, that perhaps you were thrown off your guard.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
3
That was a blind, monsieur, meant to throw you off your guard.
For The Admiral
4
And a thing like that takes you off your guard.
The stranger
5
You showed the truth plainly when off your guard.
An Original Belle
Usage of napping in inglés
1
But once in a while even the smartest people are caught napping.
Old Granny Fox
2
In football the unexpected counts most, and Harmony was certainly caught napping.
Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums
3
He had earned it while napping, although he did not understand how.
Catch-22
4
Must give up important ball chasing, important napping, important sniffing-allto write.
A big little life
5
Sound it did, in short time, but it caught no one napping.
Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
6
Aye, Newman was a wise lad; he would not be caught napping.
The Blood Ship
7
If we're caught napping, Stinker will come out on top pretty quick.
The two towers
8
If the lookout was caught napping, the whole watch was kept awake.
Two Years Before the Mast
9
In seconds he was sound asleep- alight-switchnapping ability I thoroughly envied.
Terminal
10
I was taking a chance by napping, but I was very tired.
Carrion comfort
11
Drogba is caught napping, panics, goes to ground and brings him down.
The Guardian
12
For once Brookes was caught napping, expecting a drive down the line.
The Art of Lawn Tennis
13
His breathing grew deep and regular, and she thought he was napping.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
14
Labour caught us napping and struck at our weakest place, the stomach.
The Strength of the Strong
15
Even have I found Louis, the steward, and Wada guilty of cat-napping.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
16
I leapt over a bench, surprising a patient who had been napping.
Monster Hunter International
About this term
Translations for napping
español
perchado
Napping through the time
Napping across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common