Reverse Dictionary: NAP

NOUNS
► BUNK FATIGUE napping on one’s bed → World War II Amer. sl.
► CAT-NOD a short, light sleep, a nap → 1892 Eng. dial..
► CAT-SLEEP a catnap → 1837
► DOG-NAP a short nap taken while sitting → 1860
► ENTEETE a siesta or sleep at noon → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► GLIFF a short sleep, a nap → 19C
► KINK a usually short sleep; a nap → 1929 Amer. nautical sl.
► KIP sleep; rest; a nap → 1893 Amer. sl.
► MERIDIATION a sleeping at noon; a midday nap; a siesta → 1623 obs.
► NAP OF SLEEP a short sleep, a doze → 1931 Amer. dial.
► NINE WINKS a few minutes of sleep during the day; a very brief nap → 1823 sl.
► RACK ATTACK a nap, sleep → 1975 US sl.
► RACK TIME sleep; a nap → 1940s sl., orig. US military
► SIGSTER a nap; a short sleep → 1830 sl.
► SNOOZE a nap → 18C colloq.
► SNORE-OFF a short sleep, esp. a nap after drinking → 1950 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
► UNDERMEAL an after-dinner nap or sleep → 1426 obs.
► ZIZZ a nap; a snooze, a brief sleep → 1941 sl., orig. military usage
► ZIZZING dozing, napping → 1930s sl.
► ZIZZY a sleep, a nap, a snooze → 1945 World War II Brit. armed forces

VERBS
► BAG Zs to nap, to sleep → 1980s US students’ sl.
► BLOW Z’s to sleep or nap; to snore → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CAULK A NOD to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CAULK OFF to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed → 1939 Amer. dial.
► COLLAR A NOD to sleep, to take a nap → 1942 African-American sl.
► COP A NOD to have a nap, to go to sleep → 1953 US sl.
► COP A SNOOZE to have a nap, to go to sleep → 1938 US sl.
► FADE to take a nap → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GET ONE’S EYES TOGETHER to have a nap → 1997 Ulster sl.
► GO DODO to go to sleep, to take a nap → 1968 Amer. dial.
​► KIP to sleep or take a nap → Brit. sl.
► KNOCK A NOD to take a nap → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► READ THE PAPER to take a nap → c1880 sl. ​
► SIEST to take a siesta → 1839
► ZIZZ to sleep, to snooze, to nap → 1920 Brit. armed forces usage