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"nap" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often kip (3 letters).
Definitions
A short sleep or brief rest.
Word origin
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
Used in a sentence
“The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.”
“I took thee napping, unprepared.”
“I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Brief daytime sleep”3 letters
02“Brief rest”3 letters
03“Daytime rest”3 letters
04“Snooze”3 letters
05“Short sleep”3 letters
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