Nap

noun

/nap/

Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.nounA short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

2.verbTo have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

3.verbTo be off one's guard.

"The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse."

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