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power nap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
pow-er -nap
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Coined by American social psychologist and academic James Maas.

Inflected Forms

power naps (plural) powernap (alternative)

Questions

What does power nap mean?
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.
Where does power nap come from?
Coined by American social psychologist and academic James Maas.

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