Catnap

//ˈkætˌnæp//

Synonyms for "catnap" (11 found)

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Noun(2 words)

Related words (5)

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Noun(2 words)

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Translations

19 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • дрямка noun (a brief, light sleep)

Faroese

1 entries
  • blundur noun (a brief, light sleep)

German

2 entries
  • Nickerchen noun (a brief, light sleep)
  • schlummern verb (to take a short nap)

Greek

1 entries
  • υπνάκος noun (a brief, light sleep)

Italian

2 entries
  • pisolino noun (a brief, light sleep)
  • fare un sonnellino verb (to take a short nap)

Māori

3 entries
  • moe kinikini noun (a brief, light sleep)
  • hāmoemoe verb (to take a short nap)
  • moe kinikini verb (to take a short nap)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • høneblund noun (a brief, light sleep)

Ottoman Turkish

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  • اویقو noun (a brief, light sleep)

Persian

1 entries
  • چاشتخواب noun (a brief, light sleep)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • soneca noun (a brief, light sleep)

Russian

1 entries
  • коро́ткий сон noun (a brief, light sleep)

Spanish

2 entries
  • siestecita noun (a brief, light sleep)
  • sueñecito noun (a brief, light sleep)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tupplur noun (a brief, light sleep)

Turkish

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  • tavşan uykusu noun (a brief, light sleep)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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A few hours' catnap will do you well.

Source: tatoeba (5837658)

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 President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a night, she herself never slept at all except for the catnaps.

Source: wiktionary

A toddler who is still having two day sleeps will generally have one good sleep and one catnap, and a toddler who is around three years of age and getting close to dropping her day sleep will catnap.

Source: wiktionary

A toddler who is still having two day sleeps will generally have one good sleep and one catnap, and a toddler who is around three years of age and getting close to dropping her day sleep will catnap.

Source: wiktionary

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