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Synonyms for napping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nap
Phonetic Transcription : næp

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Définition of napping

Origin :
  • "action of sleeping," Old English hneappunge, verbal noun from nap (v.).
  • verb take a short, light sleep
Example sentences :
  • "My son seems to have caught us napping," said Lady Coryston, rather grimly.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • How is it you know there is an ambuscade laid to catch us napping?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
  • You cannot catch them napping, and you cannot turn their flank.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • But I was aft, looking after the steering, and she did not catch me napping that time.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • They have made a mistake indeed, if they think that they will catch us napping.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • Next time Wade Miller and his gang will not catch us napping.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • I was serving on a vessel whose mate was in the habit of napping when on duty.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • They had caught him napping; and now, if they kept him waiting, he could not grumble.
  • Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • Remember the way in which the fabric enters the napping machine.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
  • They wouldn't catch him napping on board that Spanish vessel—not much!
  • Extract from : « A Prisoner of Morro » by Upton Sinclair
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