nape
- n the back side of the neck
- The NAEP (pronounced nape) is a federal standardized test known as "the nation's report card" administered to fourth- and eighth-grade public-school students in reading and .
- As Aquino stepped off the plane, escorted by the guards, a single fatal bullet entered the nape of his neck and passed in a downward path through his chin.
- Cardinal Mundelein placed the Book of the Gospels on the nape of the neck of the prostrate prelate.