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Definition of catnap in English: catnapnounPlural catnapsˈkatnapˈkætˌnæp A short sleep during the day. Example sentencesExamples - Last night Fossett said that during the 77-hour flight he only managed to take catnaps of no more than 10 minutes at a time, with an estimated total of two hours.
- Although billed as the ultimate exercise in sleep deprivation, shattered competitors have been allowed occasional catnaps agreed by the producers.
- Caffeine, the drug found in tea, coffee, colas and chocolate, is how billions of people perk up when modern life doesn't allow for a catnap.
- Anything beyond a catnap and you will enter a deeper stage of sleep that's harder to wake from, which will leave you feeling more tired and may even interfere with getting a good night's rest.
- ‘Whatever,’ I said, and she laughed at my stubbornness, but I changed the subject back to her and Drew, and my little catnap in the arms of the red-haired rogue was soon forgotten.
- Silvanus sat back and crossed his fingers as if taking a curative catnap; ‘we go from life to life; place to place.’
- Operating for long hours, often at night, combat soldiers seldom find time for more than a catnap on hard ground.
- Many high achievers schedule time in their day for a catnap.
- But if a change is as good as a rest, Smith has long since woken from his catnap.
- He sat up, waking from an uneasy catnap, and blinked.
- He leaned back in his recliner and tried to take a catnap.
- I've actually had a few occasions over the last few nights when I've had little catnaps as I was lying somewhere, and those can be fairly refreshing - I had one last night, while I was finishing up Tom Sawyer for book club.
- However, what stood before me ruined all chances of a catnap and my imagination was back in action.
- My first day's appointments over, I return to the hotel to check in and take a quick nap, but that quick catnap turns into a two-hour slumber.
- Over the years, she'd learned to function on three to four hours of sleep during a breaking story, taking a catnap here, forty-winks there.
- I pulled through and went home, and even decided to stretch out on the bed for a catnap, but I got woken up by the kitten after about 15 minutes.
- A strange-looking man in a black trench coat awakened him from his catnap.
- So I've gotten really good at taking, like, 15-minute catnaps, you know, between scenes.
- He decided to take a catnap to try and loosen up his brain.
- A sudden band awakened the sleeping Darren from his catnap.
- I plan to have a short catnap (ten minutes tops) on the sofa before jogging down the road to class.
- She'd go days on just catnaps, then sack out for as many as eighteen hours on a Sunday.
- The rear seats themselves recline, too, for catnaps.
- Travelodge, which runs hotels across the country's motorway network, is letting its rooms for £5 for 30 minutes to encourage tired drivers to take a catnap.
- On the way I caught myself slipping into catnaps, much to the amusement of the two girls who sat opposite me during one of my bouts of unconsciousness.
- In that sense, the least frail person on those trips was Gus Dur himself. He has enormous stamina, gained by various means, such as taking a catnap.
- When you get back, hang out on your porch in a rocking chair and sip lemonade, or take a catnap in one of the many hammocks scattered around the property.
- Whether used for a daytime catnap or a full night's rest, open-air sleeping platforms can give you a chance to enjoy summer weather to the fullest.
- One of the members of the waitstaff tells us he's ‘catching up on his sleep, taking 10-minute catnaps somewhere behind the restaurant.’
- That way, I can call you if I need to, and you can catch a catnap.
- Dinner's not for a few hours, and I could sure use a catnap.
- My catnap was interrupted by the sound of breaking glass.
- That meant quick naps in the office and scheduling recuperation time during trips, including occasional five-minute catnaps on the side of the road while driving between meetings.
- Cats can tumble from apartment windows by slipping out accidentally during a catnap on a windowsill or falling while trying to catch an insect or bird.
- After a short catnap while the vessel eased through the locks of the Welland Canal, it would be time to clean out the ship.
- There they just could not stop catching fish, and hoping to have a little respite they tried to have a catnap.
- But I think that the thirty-minute catnap in the car seat was to blame.
- My arms went into automatic pilot and I fell into a very light catnap.
Synonyms fall asleep, go to sleep, get to sleep, doze, doze off, have a nap, catnap, drowse
verbcatnaps, catnapped, catnappingˈkatnapˈkætˌnæp [no object]Have a catnap. Carradine catnapped in a hammock between two chairs Example sentencesExamples - This method is much more efficient than a long sleep and is called catnapping.
- You just catnapped - I was catnapping in the ammunition locker.
- I smiled back then sat up and stretched like a cat that had just been catnapping.
- While much of the Spanish nation was losing sleep, Figo catnapped on the flight from Madrid to Barcelona.
- In fact, interrogators were routinely sleep-deprived, catnapping maybe one or two hours a night, even as the detainees were getting long beauty sleeps.
- Put one on at bedtime, or pop it in the fridge and wear it as you catnap, to reduce signs of jet lag or fatigue.
- According to William Anthony, a Boston University psychologist, 70% of employees say that they catnap at work.
- Jaime wrapped both arms around her gun, as if it were a teddy bear, and catnapped.
- In " Primary, " the cameras follow the candidates as they meet voters on the street, catnap in cars, and confer with aides in private rooms.
- On the cargo floor below, the enlisted crew pulled out sleeping bags and catnapped.
- For the first five weeks MacArthur averaged 5.54 hours sleep a day; for the past 10 days she's been down to less than four, though she has been taught techniques to help her catnap by Claudio Stampi, a ‘chronobiologist’.
- We moved around by night and, by day, hid and catnapped in thickets outside villages where the leader of our band rendezvoused with peasant collaborators.
- You'd better add power relaxing: catnapping through phone holds, deep breathing during tv commercials and meditating in checkout queues.
- In between these messages I catnapped through the day.
- Sometimes he'll catnap on the bench after lunch, during lulls in the action.
- If an agency wants to reward Civil Servant X with a raise for his or her outstanding work, it must offer the same pay increase to Civil Servant Y, who catnaps and watches Judge Judy in the break room.
- Tahr catnapped for most of the day, in the late afternoon she went out into the drizzle.
- During the first few weeks of having a new baby I really enjoyed spending entire days away from the house because it gave me a break in a frustrating routine consisting only of feeding, catnapping, and pooping (the baby, not me!
- I had a hard time trying to catnap last night as the close encounter just stressed me out.
- And I'm very good at catnapping - I've been like that since I was a wee boy.
- Teri's collapse was more shock, and I don't think any of the above characters have even catnapped.
- In the olden days, this tiredness would not have been a huge problem - I could just use my post-call day off to cycle through various delicious phases of catnapping and vegetating.
- She loves to cuddle up with you and of course her favourite pastime is catnapping in the sunshine.
- He says that, while individual needs vary, most people who get by on a few hours a night catnap during the day - whether they remember it or not.
- Along with most of the group, I have finally learnt how to catnap (something which I have always loathed doing).
- I'd like to fall asleep but we're still at work and I haven't catnapped for years, even a small amount of sleep makes me dream if I don't take my pills first.
- Atom was a very competent driver, so I opted for lightly catnapping for most of the trip.
- Relena's really going to have to spend the rest of the afternoon catnapping.
- He barely slept; he just catnapped four times a day for one hour, and the rest of the time he studied.
- By day we took to residing not by our pool, but in it - eating, drinking, reading, catnapping and occasionally even swimming, under siege from the July sun.
Synonyms relax, take a rest, ease off, ease up, let up, slow down, pause, have a break, take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have a nap, take a nap, nap, doze, have a siesta, take a siesta, drowse, sleep
Definition of catnap in US English: catnapnounˈkætˌnæpˈkatˌnap A short, light sleep; a doze. Example sentencesExamples - Last night Fossett said that during the 77-hour flight he only managed to take catnaps of no more than 10 minutes at a time, with an estimated total of two hours.
- When you get back, hang out on your porch in a rocking chair and sip lemonade, or take a catnap in one of the many hammocks scattered around the property.
- That way, I can call you if I need to, and you can catch a catnap.
- Over the years, she'd learned to function on three to four hours of sleep during a breaking story, taking a catnap here, forty-winks there.
- But I think that the thirty-minute catnap in the car seat was to blame.
- She'd go days on just catnaps, then sack out for as many as eighteen hours on a Sunday.
- On the way I caught myself slipping into catnaps, much to the amusement of the two girls who sat opposite me during one of my bouts of unconsciousness.
- He decided to take a catnap to try and loosen up his brain.
- Operating for long hours, often at night, combat soldiers seldom find time for more than a catnap on hard ground.
- Caffeine, the drug found in tea, coffee, colas and chocolate, is how billions of people perk up when modern life doesn't allow for a catnap.
- ‘Whatever,’ I said, and she laughed at my stubbornness, but I changed the subject back to her and Drew, and my little catnap in the arms of the red-haired rogue was soon forgotten.
- He sat up, waking from an uneasy catnap, and blinked.
- I plan to have a short catnap (ten minutes tops) on the sofa before jogging down the road to class.
- Travelodge, which runs hotels across the country's motorway network, is letting its rooms for £5 for 30 minutes to encourage tired drivers to take a catnap.
- That meant quick naps in the office and scheduling recuperation time during trips, including occasional five-minute catnaps on the side of the road while driving between meetings.
- Many high achievers schedule time in their day for a catnap.
- I've actually had a few occasions over the last few nights when I've had little catnaps as I was lying somewhere, and those can be fairly refreshing - I had one last night, while I was finishing up Tom Sawyer for book club.
- I pulled through and went home, and even decided to stretch out on the bed for a catnap, but I got woken up by the kitten after about 15 minutes.
- One of the members of the waitstaff tells us he's ‘catching up on his sleep, taking 10-minute catnaps somewhere behind the restaurant.’
- My catnap was interrupted by the sound of breaking glass.
- There they just could not stop catching fish, and hoping to have a little respite they tried to have a catnap.
- My arms went into automatic pilot and I fell into a very light catnap.
- My first day's appointments over, I return to the hotel to check in and take a quick nap, but that quick catnap turns into a two-hour slumber.
- The rear seats themselves recline, too, for catnaps.
- So I've gotten really good at taking, like, 15-minute catnaps, you know, between scenes.
- He leaned back in his recliner and tried to take a catnap.
- A sudden band awakened the sleeping Darren from his catnap.
- Although billed as the ultimate exercise in sleep deprivation, shattered competitors have been allowed occasional catnaps agreed by the producers.
- But if a change is as good as a rest, Smith has long since woken from his catnap.
- Cats can tumble from apartment windows by slipping out accidentally during a catnap on a windowsill or falling while trying to catch an insect or bird.
- After a short catnap while the vessel eased through the locks of the Welland Canal, it would be time to clean out the ship.
- A strange-looking man in a black trench coat awakened him from his catnap.
- Whether used for a daytime catnap or a full night's rest, open-air sleeping platforms can give you a chance to enjoy summer weather to the fullest.
- In that sense, the least frail person on those trips was Gus Dur himself. He has enormous stamina, gained by various means, such as taking a catnap.
- However, what stood before me ruined all chances of a catnap and my imagination was back in action.
- Dinner's not for a few hours, and I could sure use a catnap.
- Anything beyond a catnap and you will enter a deeper stage of sleep that's harder to wake from, which will leave you feeling more tired and may even interfere with getting a good night's rest.
- Silvanus sat back and crossed his fingers as if taking a curative catnap; ‘we go from life to life; place to place.’
Synonyms fall asleep, go to sleep, get to sleep, doze, doze off, have a nap, catnap, drowse
verbˈkætˌnæpˈkatˌnap [no object]Have a short, light sleep. Carradine catnapped in a hammock between two chairs Example sentencesExamples - This method is much more efficient than a long sleep and is called catnapping.
- During the first few weeks of having a new baby I really enjoyed spending entire days away from the house because it gave me a break in a frustrating routine consisting only of feeding, catnapping, and pooping (the baby, not me!
- Tahr catnapped for most of the day, in the late afternoon she went out into the drizzle.
- Along with most of the group, I have finally learnt how to catnap (something which I have always loathed doing).
- Put one on at bedtime, or pop it in the fridge and wear it as you catnap, to reduce signs of jet lag or fatigue.
- I had a hard time trying to catnap last night as the close encounter just stressed me out.
- You just catnapped - I was catnapping in the ammunition locker.
- In between these messages I catnapped through the day.
- We moved around by night and, by day, hid and catnapped in thickets outside villages where the leader of our band rendezvoused with peasant collaborators.
- If an agency wants to reward Civil Servant X with a raise for his or her outstanding work, it must offer the same pay increase to Civil Servant Y, who catnaps and watches Judge Judy in the break room.
- For the first five weeks MacArthur averaged 5.54 hours sleep a day; for the past 10 days she's been down to less than four, though she has been taught techniques to help her catnap by Claudio Stampi, a ‘chronobiologist’.
- And I'm very good at catnapping - I've been like that since I was a wee boy.
- Atom was a very competent driver, so I opted for lightly catnapping for most of the trip.
- He says that, while individual needs vary, most people who get by on a few hours a night catnap during the day - whether they remember it or not.
- Teri's collapse was more shock, and I don't think any of the above characters have even catnapped.
- In fact, interrogators were routinely sleep-deprived, catnapping maybe one or two hours a night, even as the detainees were getting long beauty sleeps.
- Relena's really going to have to spend the rest of the afternoon catnapping.
- By day we took to residing not by our pool, but in it - eating, drinking, reading, catnapping and occasionally even swimming, under siege from the July sun.
- He barely slept; he just catnapped four times a day for one hour, and the rest of the time he studied.
- In " Primary, " the cameras follow the candidates as they meet voters on the street, catnap in cars, and confer with aides in private rooms.
- Sometimes he'll catnap on the bench after lunch, during lulls in the action.
- Jaime wrapped both arms around her gun, as if it were a teddy bear, and catnapped.
- She loves to cuddle up with you and of course her favourite pastime is catnapping in the sunshine.
- While much of the Spanish nation was losing sleep, Figo catnapped on the flight from Madrid to Barcelona.
- On the cargo floor below, the enlisted crew pulled out sleeping bags and catnapped.
- You'd better add power relaxing: catnapping through phone holds, deep breathing during tv commercials and meditating in checkout queues.
- According to William Anthony, a Boston University psychologist, 70% of employees say that they catnap at work.
- I smiled back then sat up and stretched like a cat that had just been catnapping.
- In the olden days, this tiredness would not have been a huge problem - I could just use my post-call day off to cycle through various delicious phases of catnapping and vegetating.
- I'd like to fall asleep but we're still at work and I haven't catnapped for years, even a small amount of sleep makes me dream if I don't take my pills first.
Synonyms relax, take a rest, ease off, ease up, let up, slow down, pause, have a break, take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have a nap, take a nap, nap, doze, have a siesta, take a siesta, drowse, sleep
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