Nappy

Quick meaning: Nappy is a noun meaning (transitive) To put a nappy on.

Meaning

(transitive) To put a nappy on.

More Meanings

1. Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
2. (US, informal, sometimes offensive) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)
3. A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.
4. (of a drink) Foamy; having a large head.
5. (of a horse) Nervous, excitable.
6. (British, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand) An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have voluntary control of their bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper.
7. (rare) Inclined to sleep; sleepy.

Example Sentences

The mother nappied the baby.

Other equipment required was soap for hand washing and washing of nappies, a washing line for the drying of nappies,[…].

You will notice that disposable nappies are sold in boy and girl versions. They vary in where the thickest padding is provided.

We would talk about each other′s ugly, big lips and flat noses. We would call each other pickaninnies and nappy-haired so-and-so′s.

Word Forms

• nappies
• nappying
• nappied
• nappier
• nappiest
• nappie

Synonyms for nappy

Depending on context, synonyms include diaper, napkin, kinky, frizzy, fuzzy, fuzzy-headed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diaper, napkin, frizzly, frizzy, crisp, kinky.

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