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overnap

/əʊvəɹnæp/

overnap verb: to take too many short sleeps.

Verb

overnap (third-person singular simple present overnaps, present participle overnapping, simple past and past participle overnapped)

  1. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To take too many short sleeps.
    • If you overnap in the daytime, you may have trouble sleeping at night.

Forms of overnap

third-person singular presentovernaps
present participleovernapping
past participleovernapped
pastovernapped

Origin of overnap

From over- + nap.

Questions about overnap

What does overnap mean?
Overnap means to take too many short sleeps.
What part of speech is overnap?
Overnap is a verb.
How do you pronounce overnap?
Overnap is pronounced /əʊvəɹnæp/.
What is the past tense of overnap?
The past tense of overnap is overnapped.

Words near overnap in the dictionary

  1. overmuscular
  2. overname
  3. overnamed
  4. overnames
  5. overnaming
  6. overnap
  7. overnapped
  8. overnapping
  9. overnaps
  10. overnarrow
  11. overnarrowly

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