"cat-nap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cat-naps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cat-nap (plural cat-naps)
  1. Alternative form of catnap (“short amount of time spent sleeping”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: catnap (extra: short amount of time spent sleeping)
    Sense id: en-cat-nap-en-noun-Ax6XURCV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Verb

Forms: cat-naps [present, singular, third-person], cat-napping [participle, present], cat-napped [participle, past], cat-napped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} cat-nap (third-person singular simple present cat-naps, present participle cat-napping, simple past and past participle cat-napped)
  1. Alternative form of catnap (either sense) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: catnap (extra: either sense)
    Sense id: en-cat-nap-en-verb-Udd0HJ5l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cat-nap meaning in English (2.1kB)

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