Definitions for neapnip

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

neapnip(adj.)

  1. designating those tides, midway between spring tides, that attain the least height.

    Category: Oceanography

  2. (n.)neap tide.

    Category: Oceanography

Origin of neap:

bef. 900; ME neep, OE nēp-, in nēpflōd neap tide

Princeton's WordNet

  1. neap tide, neap(noun)

    a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon

Webster Dictionary

  1. Neap(noun)

    the tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals

  2. Neap(adj)

    low

  3. Neap(noun)

    a neap tide


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