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catnap

[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

But there was nobody there: he had dreamed him in a catnap of old age.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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