Definition of a cat nap

cat nap    

noun

• a short nap.

  I'm gonna take a cat nap before we head out. Don't let me sleep too long.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to sleep':
loaf	Definitions include: to rest.
nod out	Definitions include: to fall asleep.
zonked out	Definitions include: asleep or unconscious.
get forty winks	Definitions include: to take a nap.
shut-eye	Definitions include: sleep.
hit the sack	Definitions include: to go to bed.
call it a night	Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed.
nod	Definitions include: to fall asleep due to drugs, especially opiates (such as heroin.)
catch some z's	Definitions include: to sleep.
winks	Definitions include: sleep.
saw wood	Definitions include: to sleep.
crash	Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
passed out	Definitions include: to be asleep, often (but not always) in a place other than one's own bed.
z's	Definitions include: sleep.
zonked	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
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Other terms relating to 'cat':
cat	Definitions include: a female.
cat burglar	Definitions include: A male who moves in on and takes the attention of a female away from another male that she was potentially interested in.
cat chain	Definitions include: Long chain, such as a watch chain, worn by 'hep cats' and zoot suiters.
cat fight	Definitions include: a fight between two or more females.
cat meets dog	Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts.
cat off	Definitions include: A term used in the Bronx in the seventies denoting that a person is ignored, looked over, paid no attention to, wrote off, disrespected.
cats and dogs	Definitions include: raining hard.
cat's *ss	Definitions include: something really great.
cat's *ss, the	Definitions include: something great; "first rate."
cat-scratch fever	Definitions include: an infectious disease humans catch from cats.
cat's pajamas, the	Definitions include: the best.
cat's whiskers, the	Definitions include: the best you can get.
Centered cat	Definitions include: a calm, cool, and collected person especially in times of turmoil or trial.
copy-cat	Definitions include: a person who copies others.
crab cat	Definitions include: to hold down others from social progression.
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Other terms relating to 'nap':
dirt nap	Definitions include: death.
disco nap	Definitions include: a short nap prior to partying.
power nap	Definitions include: a brief nap intended to increase performance.
take a dirt nap	Definitions include: to die.

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