snooze

  • 1snooze — [ 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:… …

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  • 2Snooze — (Форт Лодердейл,США) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 205 North Fort Lauderdale Bea …

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  • 3Snooze — (sn[=oo]z), n. [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.] A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Snooze — 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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  • 5snooze — [snu:z] v [i]informal to sleep lightly for a short time = ↑doze ▪ Dad was snoozing in his armchair. >snooze n …

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  • 6snooze — [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… …

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  • 7snooze — informal ► NOUN ▪ a short, light sleep. ► VERB ▪ have a snooze. DERIVATIVES snoozer noun snoozy adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

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  • 8snooze — 1789, cant word, of unknown origin, perhaps echoic of a snore …

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  • 9snooze — vb *sleep, slumber, drowse, doze, nap, catnap …

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  • 10snooze — [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 …

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