napping
English
Pronunciation
Verb
napping
- present participle of nap
See also
Noun
napping (plural nappings)
- The act of taking a nap or short sleep.
- 1993, Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Elizabeth Lipton Cobbs, Kenneth Brummel-Smith, Ambulatory geriatric care (page 552)
- Poor or inadequate sleep hygiene may contribute to difficulty falling asleep and may be a factor in sleep onset insomnia for elderly persons. This is most frequently caused by haphazard and irregular nappings.
- 1993, Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Elizabeth Lipton Cobbs, Kenneth Brummel-Smith, Ambulatory geriatric care (page 552)
- The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English hnappung; equivalent to nappen + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
napping
References
- “napping(e (ger.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-30.
Categories:
- English terms with homophones
- Rhymes:English/æpɪŋ
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms suffixed with -ing
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Sleep