torp

Noun: a period after a heavy meal where one needs to sit and not talk or move for a while and digest.

Verb: to sit around, not talking or moving, and digest.

from torpor.

After eating a heavy meal of Indian food, we had to sit around the table and torp for a while before we were up for the walk home.

That snake's gone into its torp after eating such a huge antelope.

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