Definition of Catnaps

1. Noun. (plural of catnap) ¹

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

catlins
catloaf
catloaves
catlore
catmab
catmeat
catmint
catmints
catnap
catnaper
catnapers
catnapped
catnapper
catnappers
catnapping
catnaps (current term)
catnep
catneps
catnips
catochus
catom
catoms
catoptric
catoptrical
catoptrics
catoptromancy
catostomid
catpeople
catperson

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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