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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
catnap
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a catnap (=a very short sleep)
▪ I envied her ability to take catnaps at any time of the day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even while taking a catnap the animal's ears are in operation.
▪ The night brought her 40 minutes of sleep, if that -- two catnaps.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
catnap

also cat-nap, cat's nap, by 1823, from cat (n.) + nap (n.). A nap such as a cat takes. As a verb from 1859.

Wiktionary
catnap

n. A brief, light sleep. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To take a catnap. 2 (context transitive English) To kidnap a cat.

WordNet
catnap
  1. n. a short sleep (usually not in bed) [syn: nap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze]

  2. v. take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour" [syn: nap, catch a wink]

  3. [also: catnapping, catnapped]

Usage examples of "catnap".

Marak himself let his head down and catnapped in what should have been the heat of the day, but was in fact cool and pleasant.

Orthe, I was getting used to catnapping wherever and whenever I could.

Over the two torturous days, Sebastian finely tuned this theme with references to dog-and catnapping, never forgetting to toss in references to the Rumford Laboratory, where, according to Mr.

His inability to note the passing of days was a direct result of catnapping at sea instead of sleeping for any regular period of time.

Pierce assigned them to their stations and took a catnap until the first of several messengers arrived with cartons of microfiches.

He would have been quite happy to take a catnap, except that the sun was too bright and hot and the damned ants were a constant bother.

As when I'd first come to Orthe, I was getting used to catnapping wherever and whenever I could.

At the end of three days, with only a few catnaps while the depleted generator drew on the energies of the stars themselves for its charge, he had just one more blink to make to be at the end of Corinne's course.

The position, while awkward, at least permitted a catnap, though later I'd probably require hundreds of dollars' worth of chiropractic adjustment.

His second night alone in the shuttle he spent in catnaps and sudden, dry-mouthed awakenings.

He distractedly consulted the TV between catnaps (and sometimes dreamed confusedly, incompletely, that the blond one of Cagney and Lacey was his girlfriend) but he waited now for Ginger to call him.

Sulu, who had succumbed only to occasional catnaps, was already at the helm, snatching up the readings he needed.

The smell of the crypt and the stopping of the lift jarred Moneo from his catnap.

HAVING SPENT the night with only one brief catnap, Leto was awake when Moneo emerged from the guest house at dawn.

Marlene chose to snuggle up under a bush in Brooklyns fabled Prospect Park, unfortunately, and it was one of New Yorks Finest (not to mention chicken-est) who felt honor-bound to bust her, chiefly because he had been called on the carpet only that morning by his Captain for having been caught catnapping (with pillow and alarm clock) in the rear of a police ambulance.