Synonyms for napping
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : nap |
| Phonetic Transcription : næp |
Top 10 synonyms for napping Other synonyms for the word napping
Définition of napping
Origin :- "action of sleeping," Old English hneappunge, verbal noun from nap (v.).
- verb take a short, light sleep
- "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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