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micronap

micronap noun: an extremely short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

Noun

micronap (plural micronaps)

  1. An extremely short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

Verb

micronap (third-person singular simple present micronaps, present participle micronapping, simple past and past participle micronapped)

  1. (intransitive) To have a micronap; to sleep for a very short period of time, especially during the day.
    • I'd manage to put her down for her morning nap without a struggle, but as soon as I crossed the threshold of the door, she'd be wide awake, as if she'd successfully micronapped for, oh, point-ten-of-a-second and didn't need to sleep any.2019, Lauren Sams, Crazy Busy Guilty

Forms of micronap

Noun
pluralmicronaps
Verb
third-person singular presentmicronaps
present participlemicronapping
past participlemicronapped
pastmicronapped

Origin of micronap

From micro- + nap.

Questions about micronap

What does micronap mean?
Micronap means an extremely short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
What part of speech is micronap?
Micronap can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of micronap?
The plural of micronap is micronaps.

Words near micronap in the dictionary

  1. micromycetes
  2. micromyelia
  3. micromyiophilous
  4. micron
  5. micronanometer
  6. micronap
  7. micronapped
  8. micronapping
  9. micronaps
  10. micronarrative
  11. micronarratives

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