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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

snooze Related Forms
snoozer noun
snooze Synonyms

snooze

n.

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

  • button: The alarm comes with a snooze button which will let you postpone the alarm call - up to a maximum of 4 times.
  • function: They have a crisp digital display and a ` tap on ` snooze function for the alarm.
  • alarm: The snooze alarm has gone off for the third time and still you can't get up.

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