micronap

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noun

An extremely short period of sleep, especially one during the day.

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Meanings

nounmicronap (plural micronaps)

plural micronaps

  1. An extremely short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
verbmicronap (third-person singular simple present micronaps, present participle micronapping, simple past and past participle micronapped)

present singular third person micronaps · participle present micronapping · participle past micronapped · past micronapped

  1. intransitiveTo have a micronap; to sleep for a very short period of time, especially during the day.

    I'd manage to put her down for her morning nap without a struggle, but as soon as I crossed the threshold of the door, she'd be wide awake, as if she'd successfully micronapped for, oh, point-ten-of-a-second and didn't need to sleep any.

    2019, Lauren Sams, Crazy Busy Guilty

Origin

From micro- + nap.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

micronap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micronap

MLA

“micronap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micronap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micronap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micronap.

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