micronap

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ nap

Noun

micronap (plural micronaps)

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

Verb

micronap (third-person singular simple present micronaps, present participle micronapping, simple past and past participle micronapped)

1. To have a micronap; to sleep for a very short period of time, especially during the day.
   • 2019, Lauren Sams, Crazy Busy Guilty‎^[1]:

     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.

See also

• microsleep

Anagrams

• maincrop