"catnap" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catnap.wav Forms: catnaps [plural]
Etymology: From cat + nap. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cat|nap}} cat + nap Head templates: {{en-noun}} catnap (plural catnaps)
  1. A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. Synonyms: cat nap, cat-nap Translations (a brief, light sleep): дрямка (drjamka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), blundur [masculine] (Faroese), Nickerchen [neuter] (German), υπνάκος (ypnákos) [masculine] (Greek), pisolino [masculine] (Italian), moe kinikini (Maori), høneblund (Norwegian), اویقو (uyku) (Ottoman Turkish), چاشتخواب (Persian), soneca [feminine] (Portuguese), коро́ткий сон (korótkij son) [masculine] (Russian), siestecita [feminine] (Spanish), sueñecito [masculine] (Spanish), tupplur [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-catnap-en-noun-kqgyRKE0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catnap.wav Forms: catnaps [present, singular, third-person], catnapping [participle, present], catnapped [participle, past], catnapped [past]
Etymology: From cat + nap. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cat|nap}} cat + nap Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)
  1. (intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap). Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sleep Categories (lifeform): Cats Related terms: nap, shuteye, snooze Translations (to take a short nap): schlummern (German), fare un sonnellino (Italian), hāmoemoe (Maori), moe kinikini (Maori)
    Sense id: en-catnap-en-verb-Vf8l8AWg Disambiguation of Sleep: 37 63 0 Disambiguation of Cats: 16 54 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -nap, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 50 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nap: 28 52 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 64 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 74 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catnap.wav Forms: catnaps [present, singular, third-person], catnapping [participle, present], catnapped [participle, past], catnapped [past]
Etymology: From cat + -nap. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cat|nap}} cat + -nap Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)
  1. (transitive) To kidnap a cat. Tags: transitive Derived forms: catnapper
    Sense id: en-catnap-en-verb-BK9I5qou
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blundur"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nickerchen"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ypnákos",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "υπνάκος"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pisolino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "word": "moe kinikini"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "word": "høneblund"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "uyku",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "word": "اویقو"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "word": "چاشتخواب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soneca"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korótkij son",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коро́ткий сон"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siestecita"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
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      ],
      "word": "sueñecito"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a brief, light sleep",
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      "word": "tupplur"
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}

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          "ref": "2010, Tizzie Hall, Save Our Sleep: Toddler, page 117:",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to take a short nap",
      "word": "schlummern"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "fare un sonnellino"
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      "word": "hāmoemoe"
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          "ref": "1990, Kalliope, page 40:",
          "text": "When you suspect your cat's up a tree because he was chased or now locked up in the parked car because someone conspired to catnap him (he is quite the personality), what economic scales could they employ to set ransom?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Joseph Ashby Porter, “A Man Wanted to Buy a Cat”, in Touch Wood: Short Stories, page 12:",
          "text": "The man thought, if she refuses, I could catnap it early one Wednesday afternoon while she's dozing. Leave a bogus ransom note?.",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Elaine Viets, Catnapped!:",
          "text": "But the jury was appalled that Amber had stepped over Mort's dead body to steal his cat, and moved by Trish's dignified and heartrending testimony about her suffering when Justine was catnapped.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 October 30, Next Level Games, Luigi's Mansion 3, v1.4.0, Nintendo, level/area: Main Observation Room (15F: Master Suite):",
          "text": "Hellen Gravely: 'You ransacked my hotel, captured my staff with that strange vacuum of yours... And to top it all off, you catnapped my sweetie, my little darling... My precious Polterkitty!'",
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