SNOOZE

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


Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

snooze (plural snoozes)

A brief period of sleep; a nap.

Synonym: Thesaurus:sleep

(informal) The snooze button on an alarm clock.

(informal) Something boring.

Anagrams

• ozones

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



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