(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
1.
If you have a ~, you have a short sleep, usually during the day.
Use your lunch hour to have a ~ in your chair...
I might take a little ~.
= snooze, doze
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~, you sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day.
An elderly person may ~ during the day and then sleep only five hours a night.
= doze
VERB: V
3.
The ~ of a carpet or of a cloth such as velvet is the top layer of short threads, which usually lie smoothly in one direction.
N-SING
4.
If someone is caught ~ping, something happens when they are not prepared for it, although they should have been. (INFORMAL)
The security services were clearly caught ~ping.
PHRASE: V inflects