[
US
/ˈkætˌnæp/
]
[ UK /kˈætnæp/ ]
[ UK /kˈætnæp/ ]
NOUN
- sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
VERB
-
take a siesta
She naps everyday after lunch for an hour
How To Use catnap In A Sentence
- She just catnapped for 20 minutes to an hour at a time * all day and all night* for a total of 8 or so hours in a 24-hour cycle. Snap | Her Bad Mother
- I plan to have a short catnap (ten minutes tops) on the sofa before jogging down the road to class.
- Baroness Thatcher survived by taking 20-minute catnaps - a 'zizz', she called it - in the day and catching up on sleep at weekends at Chequers. Home | Mail Online
- Silvanus sat back and crossed his fingers as if taking a curative catnap; ‘we go from life to life; place to place.’
- Dinner's not for a few hours, and I could sure use a catnap.
- But if a change is as good as a rest, Smith has long since woken from his catnap.
- Along with most of the group, I have finally learnt how to catnap (something which I have always loathed doing).
- Atom was a very competent driver, so I opted for lightly catnapping for most of the trip.
- She loves to cuddle up with you and of course her favourite pastime is catnapping in the sunshine.
- Even my catnaps don't get to the underlying issue. Tom Matlack: Stillness