"dog nap" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dog naps [present, singular, third-person], dog napping [participle, present], dog naping [US, participle, present, rare], dog napped [participle, past], dog napped [past], dog naped [US, participle, past, rare], dog naped [US, past, rare]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++,+!<l:rare,<<US>> only>}} dog nap (third-person singular simple present dog naps, present participle dog napping or (rare, US only) dog naping, simple past and past participle dog napped or (rare, US only) dog naped)
  1. Alternative form of dognap. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dognap
    Sense id: en-dog_nap-en-verb-dnABTXQO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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