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Nickerchen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • catnap noun A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
  • nap verb To sleep briefly, especially during the day.
  • snooze verb To sleep lightly for a short time; to nap.
  • wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

Nickerchen is used for these senses in English:

  • catnap A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. [from 1820s]
  • snooze A brief period of sleep; a nap.
  • wink A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

nap — full definition

  1. verb To sleep briefly, especially during the day.
  2. noun A short period of sleep, especially during the day.
  3. noun The short raised fibres on the surface of fabric or leather.

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