snooze
noun
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L328041 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to take a nap
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /snuːz/ / /snʉːz/
noun
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”).
- A brief period of sleep; a nap.
“The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.”
- The snooze button on an alarm clock.
- Something boring.
“The whole movie was a snooze.”
verb
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”).
- To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
“The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.”
- 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.”