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catnaps

catnaps is the plural of catnap.

catnaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of catnap.

Meaning of catnap

Noun

catnap (plural catnaps)

  1. A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
    • By 9 A.M., however, all but the most insomniac of the night owls were taking a catnap.1963 August 19, Charlotte Curtis, “Newport Debut Revelry Carries Over to 2d Day”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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Questions about catnaps

What is catnaps the plural of?
Catnaps is the plural of catnap.

Words near catnaps in the dictionary

  1. catnapped
  2. catnapper
  3. catnappers
  4. catnapping
  5. catnappings
  6. catnaps
  7. catne
  8. catnep
  9. catneps
  10. catness
  11. catnip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catnaps (page history and authors); catnap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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