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Princeton's WordNet

  1. napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p), off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard, off your guardadjective

    not prepared or vigilant

    "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"

GCIDE

  1. Nappingnoun

    The act or process of having a short sleep; as, napping is a common occupation for cats.

Wiktionary

  1. nappingnoun

    The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

ChatGPT

  1. napping

    Napping is the act of taking a short period of sleep, typically during daytime hours as a means to rest or recharge. This often ranges from a few minutes to a couple of hours.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Napping

    of Nap

  2. Nappingnoun

    the act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth

  3. Nappingnoun

    a sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of napping in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of napping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of napping in a Sentence

  1. Chuangshi Wang:

    Daytime napping was associated with increased risks of major cardiovascular events and deaths in those with [ more than ] six hours of nighttime sleep but not in those sleeping [ less than ] 6 hours a night.

  2. Chuangshi Wang:

    Napping could reflect underlying ill-health( fatigue, tiredness) eventually leading to morbidity and mortality, could be a proxy for sleep deprivation, as a compensatory catch-up mechanism, or could also be a symptom of circadian misalignment.

  3. Rebecca Robbins:

    If you're lucky enough to have an office, shut the door and just don't tell anyone you're napping! i can't tell you how many executives have shown me their sleeping bags under their desks.

  4. Jodi Mindell:

    The study doesn't imply you shouldn't let your kids nap, there are only so many hours a day that you can sleep, but that doesn't mean that napping leads to poor sleep.

  5. Phyllis Zee:

    From a clinical standpoint, I think it highlights the importance for health care providers to routinely ask patients about napping and excessive daytime sleepiness and evaluate for other contributing conditions to potentially modify the risk for cardiovascular disease.

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