nape

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The back part of the neck.

   He was still stroking Radar, long glides of his hand from nape to tail.

2. 2
   noun

   Napalm.

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   the back side of the neck

4. 4
   noun

   The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.

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. More at nap.

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