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A geisha with unpainted nape.

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English nape, naape, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French hanap (goblet), from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz ( > Old English hnæpp, hnæp (cup, bowl, goblet)), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull.[1] More at nap.

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nape (plural napes)

  1. (anatomy) The back part of the neck.
    • 2022, Stephen King, chapter 8, in Fairy Tale, page 132:
      He was still stroking Radar, long glides of his hand from nape to tail.
  2. (zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English nape, from Old French nape, nappe (a cloth), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (cloth, table-cloth, sheet), alteration of Latin mappa (a cloth, napkin, towel). More at map, apron. Doublet of map, mop, and nappe.

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nape (plural napes)

  1. (obsolete) A tablecloth.
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Etymology 3

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Short for napalm.

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nape (uncountable)

  1. (military, slang) Napalm.
    • 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)
      RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em.

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nape (third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped)

  1. (transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nape”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Latin

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nāpe

  1. vocative singular of nāpus

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

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nape (plural napys)

  1. The nape; the neck's rear.
  2. The nape of a fish; the part below a fish's head.
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  • English: nape
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Etymology 2

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From Old French nape, nappe, from Medieval Latin nappa, modification of mappa.

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nape

  1. (rare except in compound words) tablecloth
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  • English: nape (obsolete)
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Verb

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nape

  1. Alternative form of nappen

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Verb

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nape

  1. Alternative form of napyn

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin mappa.

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nape oblique singularf (oblique plural napes, nominative singular nape, nominative plural napes)

  1. table cloth

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Yola

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nape

  1. Alternative form of neape
    • GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Nipple is a diminutive of nape or neap.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59