nap, catnap, light sleep, short sleep, forty winks, snooze
(noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
snooze, drowse, doze
(verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snooze (third-person singular simple present snoozes, present participle snoozing, simple past and past participle snoozed)
(intransitive) To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
(transitive) To pause; to postpone for a short while.
snooze (plural snoozes)
A brief period of sleep; a nap.
Synonym: Thesaurus:sleep
(informal) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
(informal) Something boring.
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Source: Wiktionary
Snooze, n. Etym: [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.]
Definition: A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.]
Snooze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snoozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snoozing.]
Definition: To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
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