snooze

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/snuːz/
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/snuːz/ · /snʉːz/

Definition of snooze

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
    “The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
    “The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.”
  2. (transitive)To pause; to postpone for a short while.
    “It enables you to dismiss the reminder, dismiss all reminders, open the highlighted item in the Reminder dialog, and snooze the reminder. Snoozing a reminder is similar to hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock[…]”
    “Let's say you want to see all your reminders, but you don't want it to be too easy to snooze the ones for important items.”
    “To snooze the phone, press and release the power button.”

noun

  1. A brief period of sleep; a nap.
    “The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.”
  2. (informal)The snooze button on an alarm clock.
  3. (informal)Something boring.
    “The whole movie was a snooze.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Unknown, attested since 18th century. Compare Dutch snoezelen (“to snooze”) or Swedish snusa (“to snore lightly”). Compare also Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō, “to doze, drowse”) and Russian сон (son, “sleep, dream”).

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