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intransitive verb dozed, dozing

to sleep lightly or fitfully; nap; be half asleep

Origin: prob. < Scand, as in Ice (& Swed dial.) dusa: for IE base, see dizzy

transitive verb

to spend (time) in dozing: usually with away

noun

a light sleep; nap

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dozer noun

transitive verb dozed, dozing

Informal bulldoze (sense )

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dozer noun

See doze in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dozed dozed, doz·ing, doz·es

verb, intransitive

To sleep lightly and intermittently.

verb, transitive

To spend (time) dozing or as if dozing: dozed the summer away.

noun

A short, light sleep.

Phrasal Verb: doze off To fall into a light sleep.

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Origin: Probably of Scandinavian origin

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dozˈer noun

intr. & tr.v. dozed dozed, doz·ing, doz·es

To use a bulldozer; bulldoze.

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