Catnap

Quick meaning: Catnap is a noun meaning A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.

Meaning

A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap).
2. (transitive) To kidnap a cat.

Example Sentences

The man thought, if she refuses, I could catnap it early one Wednesday afternoon while she's dozing. Leave a bogus ransom note?

Hellen Gravely: 'You ransacked my hotel, captured my staff with that strange vacuum of yours... And to top it all off, you catnapped my sweetie, my little darling... My precious Polterkitty!'

But the jury was appalled that Amber had stepped over Mort's dead body to steal his cat, and moved by Trish's dignified and heartrending testimony about her suffering when Justine was catnapped.

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.

Word Forms

• catnaps
• catnapping
• catnapped

Synonyms for catnap

Depending on context, synonyms include nap, snooze.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nap, snooze, doze, dogsleep, dozing, halfsleep.

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