quick nap
Short sleep session
A quick nap is a brief period of sleep, usually lasting just a few minutes to half an hour, taken during the day to restore alertness: I grabbed a quick nap before my evening shift.
The phrase emphasizes brevity—longer daytime sleep would just be a nap or a siesta.
- catnapBrief light sleep
- dozeBrief light rest
- snoozeLight brief sleep
- nod offFall briefly unconscious
- siestaMidday rest
shuteye · five minutes · forty winks · drowsy · rest · slumber · nodding off · couch · afternoon · recharge · brief · refreshing · pillow · head down · drift · zonked · drowse · microsleep
- napscatnap, siesta, snooze, doze, forty winks
- breaksbreak, crack, pause, fracture, shatter
- lunch breaklunch break, lunch hour, lunchroom, noon, midday
quick napdeep sleep
Unconsciousness hard to rouse
sleeping in · hibernation · coma · oversleeping · lie-in
quick napall-nighter
Sleepless work stretch
wide awake · exhaustion · wakefulness · sleeplessness · insomnia
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