English Explanatory Dictionary

power nap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-power nap.wav

Word forms

power nap power naps powernap

Etymology

Coined by American social psychologist and academic James Maas.

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