nappy

Plural: nappies

Noun

• garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
• 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.
• A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides.
• A kind of strong ale; nappy ale.

Adjective Satellite

• (of hair) in small tight curls

Verb

• To put a nappy on.

Adj

• Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy.
• Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)
• Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
• Foamy; having a large head.
• Nervous, excitable.
• Brittle.

Adjective

• Having a kinky, curly, or frizzy texture.

Examples

• The mother nappied the baby.
• The texture of his strategy was nappy, difficult to straighten out and predict.

Synonyms

crisp, diaper, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, napkin, Afro-textured, fuzzy, fuzzy-headed, wool-headed, wool-pated, woolly, woolly-headed

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