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   nap

   /nap/

   noun

   • 1. a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five.
   • 2. a tipster's prediction of the probable winner of a race: British "he discovered that his nap of the day had sprinted home at 10–1 at Doncaster"

   verb

   • 1. name (a horse or greyhound) as a probable winner of a race: British "Harbinger is napped to win the Novices' Hurdle"

   Word Origin late 19th century: abbreviation of napoleon, the original name of the card game.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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