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catnap

[kat-nap]

noun

a short, light nap or doze.

verb (used without object)

to doze or sleep lightly.

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Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; cat + nap

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catnap (ˈkætˌnæp)

—n
1.	a short sleep or doze

—vb , -naps, -napping, -napped
2.	(intr) to sleep or doze for a short time or intermittently

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