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cat-nap en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of catnap (“short amount of time spent sleeping”).
    alt of catnap

Forms

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cat-naps Number=Plur lexicographic

cat-nap en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of catnap (either sense)
    alt of catnap
    • Lashed to the cockpit grab rails he'd cat-napped between watches as best he could in the wind driven rain and spray, eating rarely and never keeping anything down. 2012, Jim Scott, Wanderings and Sojourns:
    • We don't even know if this kitty will be cat-napped. We won't know until way after it is gone from its new home! 2009, Darby Lee Patterson, Karen Pastor, Hal Hammond, The Cat-Napping Caper, page 43:

Forms

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cat-napping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cat-naps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cat-napped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cat-napped Tense=Past lexicographic