CATNAP

nap, catnap, light sleep, short sleep, forty winks, snooze

(noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

nap, catnap, catch a wink

(verb) take a siesta; “She naps everyday after lunch for an hour”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

catnap (plural catnaps)

A brief, light sleep. [from 1820s]

Verb

catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)

(intransitive) To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. [from 1850s]

Etymology 2

Verb

catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)

(transitive) To kidnap a cat.

Anagrams

• captan

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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