- Snooze
- Snooze Snooze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snoozed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoozing}.] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
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Snooze
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snooze — [ snuz ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day if you snooze you lose AMERICAN used for saying that people who do not watch what is happening around them miss opportunities ╾ snooze noun count:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Snooze — (Форт Лодердейл,США) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 205 North Fort Lauderdale Bea … Каталог отелей
Snooze — (sn[=oo]z), n. [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.] A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snooze — [snu:z] v [i]informal to sleep lightly for a short time = ↑doze ▪ Dad was snoozing in his armchair. >snooze n … Dictionary of contemporary English
snooze — [n] light sleep catnap, doze, forty winks*, nap, siesta, slumber; concept 315 Ant. awakening, consciousness, wakefulness snooze [v] sleep lightly catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, nap, nod off*, siesta, slumber, take forty winks*; concepts 210,315… … New thesaurus
snooze — informal ► NOUN ▪ a short, light sleep. ► VERB ▪ have a snooze. DERIVATIVES snoozer noun snoozy adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
snooze — 1789, cant word, of unknown origin, perhaps echoic of a snore … Etymology dictionary
snooze — vb *sleep, slumber, drowse, doze, nap, catnap … New Dictionary of Synonyms
snooze — [sno͞oz] n. [< 18th c. cant < ? or akin to LowG snusen (Dan snuse), to sniff, snore] Informal a brief sleep; nap; doze vi. snoozed, snoozing Informal to take a brief sleep; nap; doze snoozer n … English World dictionary
snooze — UK [snuːz] / US [snuz] verb [intransitive] Word forms snooze : present tense I/you/we/they snooze he/she/it snoozes present participle snoozing past tense snoozed past participle snoozed informal to sleep for a short period of time, especially… … English dictionary
