Neap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective

English

Pronunciation

• nēp, /niːp/, /ni:p/

  Rhymes: -iːp

Etymology 1

Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip ‘forked pole’.

Noun

neap

1. The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

Etymology 2

Old English nēp in nēpflōd.

Adjective

Positive neap

Comparative neaper

Superlative neapest

1. designationg a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.

   • 1934: Little groups of sailors came swinging along and pushied their way noisily inside the gaudy joints. Sex everywhere: it was slopping over, a neap tide that swept the props from under the city. — Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer