2. Verb. (third-person singular of catnap) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catnaps
1. catnap [v] - See also: catnap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catnaps
Literary usage of Catnaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russell's Magazine by Paul Hamilton Payne (1860)
"I was about to say that I slept like an infant, but several happy fathers have
assured me, with tears ir. their eyes, that infants are given to catnaps, ..."
2. The Flowing Road: Adventuring on the Great Rivers of South America by Caspar Whitney (1912)
"... made sleeping a dispiriting series of catnaps, with alternate boat bailing
and clothes wringing. Rain or shine, however, we were off always at daylight, ..."
3. Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II by Charles D. Melson (1996)
"... when rain was not falling, took catnaps on uncomfortable surfaces. employing a
combination of radar- directed and free-lance searchlights that could ..."
4. Transactions by Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (1885)
"Flashes of heat; heat in soles of feet at night with sleep in "catnaps" and sudden
jerking when falling asleep. Cannot walk erect; stoop shouldered. ..."
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