Definitions for nape

nape nape

Spelling: [neyp, nap]
IPA: /neɪp, næp/

Nape is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in nape (aenp).

Definitions for nape

noun

  1. the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).

Origin of nape

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50

Examples for nape

Oliver caught him by the nape of his neck, spun him round, and flung him into the arms of Jasper.

Pull the nape cord taut and tie it to neck-wire in roof of mouth.

But Gilles took him by the nape of his dirty neck and haled him back into the room.

His gray hair curls at the nape, but he is as graceful as he was in 1949, his timing as immaculate.

He became aware of grey hairs curling over the nape of the neck.

She could hear his light breathing, she could discern his profile, then the nape of his neck.

His black hair sweeps back from the crest of his high forehead and laps at the nape of his neck; his lips are pursed.

From there, the pain shoots out toward my temple and down to the nape of my neck.

Oref—The homefront, although literally, the back of the neck, the nape.

For the pain in the head, a blister to the nape of the neck.

Word Value for nape
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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