to catnap
to have a short sleep
TRANSLATION
catnap = Nickerchen; to catnap = dösen, ein Nickerchen machen, kurzes Schläfchen; to catch (have) a catnap = ein Nickerchen machen, sich kurz aufs Ohr legen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The 635-mile journey is difficult and exhausting; teammates exist on only 30-minute catnaps.
CBS News, "Living Stronger: Rod Johnstone's passion keeps him sailing at 80,"
Did you
know?
catnap
noun & verb
- A "catnap is a short sleep (usually not in bed)
- to catnap is to take short periods of sleep
Cambridge Dictionary
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ORIGIN
Cats will take long naps when they are bored. But, in general, they sleep off and on for short periods of time. In other words, they don't have a pattern of sleep like most humans -- awake for several hours and then sleeping for eight hours. The other thing is, cats don't seem to have a drowsy, waking-up phrase. They nap. They wake. Two speeds.
(The Phrase Finder)
Did you know that Winston Churchill was famous for his 18-20 hour workdays during the war years. This was possible because he took frequent CATNAPS.
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SYNONYMS
nap, forty winks, short sleep, snooze, take a siesta, catch a wink
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PRACTICE OWAD TODAY
Say something like:
"A CATNAP in the afternoon leaves me refreshed enough to get through to the evening."
