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- noun Plural form of
nap . - noun slang
kinky orcurly hair - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
nap .
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Examples
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But if taking naps is what is considered hip-hop nowadays, we're sure that Drank will be a runaway success.
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There is evidence that short-term naps in the daytime do improve workplace performance, as long as they do not exceed 40 minutes, which compromises nocturnal sleep.
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I have friends who work for the bureau, he spends most of his time in naps, or bored in meetings that he rubber stamps.
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He slept now and then, but only in short naps and never deeply.
Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000
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Amos slept soundly, but neither Anne nor Amanda could sleep, except in short naps from which they quickly awakened.
A Little Maid of Province Town Alice Turner Curtis 1912
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The babies seemed of nervous temperament, sleeping in short naps and lightly.
A Daughter of the Land Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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One of the coolest things about the movie is we have the concept of micro-naps, which is based on real stuff that goes on.
Interview: Samuel Bayer, Director of A Nightmare on Elm Street | /Film 2010
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Mr. Babbitt and his boss, Secretary LaHood , have opposed the idea of naps, repeatedly blasting those who favor allowing controllers to take naps.
Controller Fatigue Divides Agencies, Union Andy Pasztor 2011
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Part of this discomfort has to do with the not-altogether-pleasant feeling that I'm doing a little bit too much dwelling on certain issues To worry or not to worry about declining naps, that is the question/Whither 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the pains of outrageous sleep habits/Or take arms against this troubled sleep.
Served with whine 2007
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Part of this discomfort has to do with the not-altogether-pleasant feeling that I'm doing a little bit too much dwelling on certain issues To worry or not to worry about declining naps, that is the question/Whither 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the pains of outrageous sleep habits/Or take arms against this troubled sleep.
Archive 2007-01-21 2007
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