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[kat-nap] / ˈkætˌnæp /


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It was love, yes, but also wanting a catnap because Hersh was still tired from his night out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Some marine mammals sleep while swimming and some seabirds catnap while flying, letting one half of the brain doze while the other keeps working.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2021

You can even grab a quick catnap on your break.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020

She would help herself to perhaps a strawberry, a beverage or a catnap.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2020

Shin remembers confessing to eating corn he found on the ground and to taking a catnap when no one was looking.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Deckhand Dan Jacobson catnapped while sitting upright on a bench by the galley table.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2022

Tuna, the couple believes, was later catnapped, while Socks, a replacement for Barney, apparently ran off with a brawny stray.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019

As aging legislators catnapped and clerks clogged the rear of the chamber, it became apparent that an adequate ECA appropriation and a strong draft law were essential.

From Time Magazine Archive

In flight, he worked on speeches, changed his clothes, catnapped.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the seat next to Rick, Scotty catnapped.

From The Pirates of Shan by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

Most frustrating, she said, was the lack of communication from state and local officials as she and her husband took turns catnapping overnight in their Mazda.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022

The season of beach days and barbecues, kayaking and catnapping, hammocks and homemade popsicles.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2019

The last time we were here, I was only the girlfriend and spent the entire week exhausted and catnapping until people started asking if I was sick.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2016

I immediately thought - could this be a "catnapping"?

From Time ● Jul. 16, 2013

The other children were spread throughout the car, catnapping, daydreaming out the window, or playing cards.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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