snooze
snooze
Definition
snooze (sno̵̅o̅z)
noun
Informal a brief sleep; nap; doze
Etymology: < 18th-c. cant < ? or akin to LowG snusen (Dan snuse), to sniff, snore
intransitive verb snoozed, snooz′·ing
Informal to take a brief sleep; nap; doze
snooz′er noun
snooze
Synonyms
snooze
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- enjoy: Weddell seals are seen quite frequently enjoying a snooze on the shores or on ice floes.
- have: You might watch some dinosaur eggs hatching or see a dinosaur having a snooze in the sun.
- hit: Every morning when the alarm clock goes off at 7 o'clock, I hit snooze.
- take: You're wearing your squeaky shoes, And right there taking a snooze Is a tiger, so how do you walk on by?
Adjective modifier
- quick: I usually get back home round about eight o'clock in the evening, and have a quick snooze in the car.
- little: When Durand-Ruel left, he would have a little snooze, before returning to the boat to continue the painting.
- long: After its long snooze in a refill sherry butt, this malt is mature and multi-faceted.
- nice: It's Chinese torture at one end and a nice snooze on the sofa at the other.
Preposition: on
- sofa: Even the Sunshine Underground can be found snoozing on the leather sofas at the back of Barfly.
- beach: Then I will offer you 100 and not a cent more... " etc ) and snoozing on a beach.
Modifying Another Word
- happily: He is happily snoozing by my feet now..like butter wouldn't melt!
- gently: In contrast, the Saunders body had snoozed gently all the way up and was nauseatingly enthusiastic.
Noun used with modifier
- afternoon: Racing and revving as if enacting a Doppler Effect experiment, the wheelie artist puts paid to hopes of an afternoon snooze.
- minute: So, instead, I will put it down to the 5 minute snooze I had on my new Sofa.
Preposition: in
- sun: You might watch some dinosaur eggs hatching or see a dinosaur having a snooze in the sun.
- afternoon: I have also been known to have a small snooze in the afternoons to help me to catch up on any lost sleep.
- front: Party was rather damped by the sheer tiredness, people choosing to snooze in front of the wood fire digesting rice instead!
Modifies a noun
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