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- DictionaryCat·nap/ˈkatˌnap/
noun
- 1. a short, light sleep; a doze.
verb
- 1. have a short, light sleep: "Carradine catnapped in a hammock between two chairs"
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noun. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) synonyms: cat sleep, forty winks, nap, short sleep, snooze. see more. see less. types: siesta. a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries) zizz.
Definition of catnap noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · catnap in British English. (ˈkætˌnæp ) noun. 1. a short sleep or doze. verb Word forms: -naps, -napping, -napped. 2. (intransitive) to sleep or doze for a short time or intermittently. Collins English Dictionary.
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catnap (plural catnaps) 1. A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. [from 1820s] 1.1. 1965, The New Yorker, page 28: 1.1.1. Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have become a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent Presi...
catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped) 1. (intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap). [from 1850s] 1.1. 2010, Tizzie Hall, Save Our Sleep: Toddler, page 117: 1.1.1. A toddler who is still having two day sleeps will generally have one good sleep and on...
Catnap definition: a short, light nap or doze. See examples of CATNAP used in a sentence.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cat‧nap /ˈkætnæp/ noun [ countable] informal a very short sleep have/take a catnap Nomes slept badly, and had to take catnaps during the day. —catnap verb [ intransitive] Examples from the Corpus catnap • Even while taking a catnap the animal's ears are in operation.
a short, light nap or doze. v.i. to doze or sleep lightly. cat + nap 1815–25, American. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catnap /ˈkætˌnæp/ n. a short sleep or doze. vb ( -naps, -napping, -napped) ( intransitive) to sleep or doze for a short time or intermittently.
