snooze

snooze
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. nap, doze, sleep, forty winks. See inactivity.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. slumber, drowse, nap; see rest 1 , sleep .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
doze, nap, drowse, *catch some Zs, take a siesta. see sleep
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To sleep for a brief period: catnap, doze (off), nap, nod (off), siesta. Idiom: catch (or grab or take) forty winks. See AWARENESS. II noun A brief sleep: catnap, doze, nap, siesta. See AWARENESS.

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  • 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 — 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] …   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

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