napping
Definitions
The act of sleeping for a short period, typically during the day.
A brief period of light sleep or dozing.
Examples
The cat was napping peacefully in the warm patch of sunlight.
I feel much more refreshed after napping for twenty minutes this afternoon.
He was caught napping on the job by his supervisor.
Synonyms
dozing slumbering snoozing resting catnapping drowsing siesta