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plural napes
The back part of the neck. quotations examples
He was still stroking Radar, long glides of his hand from nape to tail.
2022, Stephen King, chapter 8, in Fairy Tale, page 132
(zoology) The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.
(obsolete) A tablecloth.
uncountable
(military, slang) Napalm. quotations
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.
1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)
third-person singular simple present napes, present participle naping, simple past and past participle naped
(transitive, military, slang) To bombard with napalm.