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Catnap

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkætˌnæp

Definitions

A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.

Equivalents

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العربيةالغفوة
Българскидря́мка
Ελληνικάυπνάκος
한국어선잠
Svenskatupplur

Examples

“Besides, I reflected, Joe might easily have⟳ become⟳ a catnapper, as so many millions of other Americans had become⟳ since Sarah Perkins, during the campaign, had made it so widely known that although the incumbent President slept in a bed with the covers over him for three and sometimes four hours a night, she herself never slept at all except for the catnaps.”
“A toddler who is still having two day sleeps will generally have⟳ one good sleep⟳ and one catnap, and a toddler who is around three years of age and getting close⟳ to dropping her day sleep⟳ will catnap.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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