nap (1) — OET

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verb

they arrived to find her napping on the sofa:

doze, sleep (lightly), take a nap, catnap, rest, take a siesta, drowse;

informal snooze, snatch forty winks, drop off, nod off, get some shut-eye;

British, informal kip, have a kip, zizz, get some zizz;

North American, informal catch some/a few Zs;

literary slumber.

noun

she'd been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap:

(light) sleep, catnap, siesta, doze, lie-down, rest;

informal snooze, forty winks, shut-eye;

British, informal kip, zizz;

literary slumber.

□ catch someone napping

catch off guard, catch unawares, take by surprise, surprise, catch in an unguarded moment, catch out, find unprepared;

informal catch someone with their trousers/pants down;

British, informal catch on the hop.

nap (1) Oxford Dictionary of English