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naptime

[nap-tahym]

noun

  1. a time set aside for taking a nap; a period during which one naps.



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My enemies came for me at naptime.

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Asked about her thoughts on Trump’s near-daily naptime in court, Conway wasn’t convinced that it was a story at all.

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LOPBURI, Thailand — When Gustun Aunlamai arrived at school at age 4, he was so overweight that his teacher worried he’d have trouble breathing during naptime.

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She admired the way the recharging could sound so much like human children breathing—it made her think of naptime at the neighbor lady’s day care, the times when she woke up and everyone else was still asleep.

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“When it comes to the actual re-establishment of the business, Sound Transit provides next to nothing,” he said, as babies whimpered behind his office wall at naptime.

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does naptime mean?

Naptime is the time of day during which a person, especially a child, takes a nap.A nap is a short period of sleep. The word almost always refers to a period of sleep that is separate from one’s main period of (often nighttime) sleep for the day.Naptime can refer to the time when the nap is supposed to start or to the entire duration of the nap.Naptime is especially associated with young children. While adults also take naps, young children often have a scheduled naptime (or multiple naptimes) every day when they take a nap (or are supposed to take a nap). For example, a baby might have a naptime around mid-morning and again in the afternoon. The children in a daycare or preschool class may have naptime some time after lunch.Example: I never liked naptime when I was a child, but as an adult, I wish it were part of the workday.

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