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# napping

«napping» in Mova's school dictionary: **sleeping for a short time, especially during the day** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (nap, naps, napped, napping); noun (a nap)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Napping means sleeping for a short time, especially during the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#m1)

2) Caught napping (informal) means caught not paying attention or not ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In family life: the baby is napping, Grandad napping in his chair. In science: many animals nap during the day. Phrase: «caught napping» in sport or tests means unprepared.

### examples

- Shh, the baby is napping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x1)
- Grandad was napping in front of the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x2)
- Cats spend much of the day napping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x3)
- The goalkeeper was caught napping and let in a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x4)
- I like napping after a long swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x5)
- Our dog is napping in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x6)
- "Oh, shepherd," said the lady, "I have caught you napping!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/#x7)

### note

-ing form doubles the p: nap → napping, napped. Noun: a nap (have/take a nap). Similar: doze, snooze, kip (UK informal), forty winks.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «napping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.