Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A short nap; a light sleep.
- v. To take a short nap; doze lightly.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
- v. take a siesta
Examples
“Two or three flies buzzed irritably now and then against the smoke-begrimed windowpanes, and the clerk's dreary preamble went on and on till Sir Francis closed his eyes and wondered whether a small "catnap" would be possible between the sections of the seeming interminable document.”
“And so a group of vicious cats "catnap" his faithful bloodhound, and begin to reverse engineer the formula; an evil plot to disrupt the balance away from "man's best friend.”
“The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a preliminary report she had failed to spot the vessel that was only one mile away on her radar and was taking a "catnap" at the time of the collision.”
“In my fantasy life, I spend an entire Sunday morning in this sanctuary undisturbed until I finish both my coffee and the paper, and then, in my ultimate dream world, I close my eyes and take a luxurious catnap.”
“He plopped into a chair opposite the foot of the bed and closed his eyes, hoping a catnap would revive him, hasten the passage of time.”
“The Quarter was about to curl up and take a catnap—except for Bourbon Street, party jamboree and flesh-fest central, twenty-four/seven, and as wide awake as a lap-dancing tweaker go-juiced to the eyebrows.”
“For a relaxed operatic experience—with the occasional catnap included, look no further than the Conran Shop's barrel hammock £1,295.”
“Was the boyfriend taking a catnap when he felt something move in the couch?”
“Glued to the television early Thursday, he took another catnap at 3 a.m, woke up at 4 a.m. to check in again.”
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“We had long since reached our cruising altitude, etc. etc. etc., when my catnap was interrupted by the captain's crackly voice informing us that Saddam Hussein had been captured in a hole outside Tikrit.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘catnap’.
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Breastfeed et al
Verbs compounded of noun + uninflected verb. See Killjoy et al for a nouns of a similar composition
pistolwhip, slamdance, breastfeed, windowshop, skydive, sandblast, chainsmoke, gatecrash, sunbathe, manhunt, catnap, bitchslap
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