snooze

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [snooz]
- /snuz/
- /snuːz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [snooz]
- /snuz/

Definitions of snooze word

verb without object snooze to sleep; slumber; doze; nap. 1
noun snooze a short sleep; nap. 1
noun snooze nap 1
intransitive verb snooze sleep, nap 1
noun snooze sth boring 1
noun snooze alarm clock button 1

See all 12 definitions of snooze

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Origin of snooze

First appearance:

before 1780

One of the 45% newest English words

First recorded in 1780-90; origin uncertain

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Parts of speech for Snooze

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Snooze

snooze popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for snooze

noun snooze

beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
catnap — A catnap is a short sleep, usually one which you have during the day.
drowse — to be sleepy or half-asleep.
forty winks — a short nap.

verb snooze

bunking — a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
catnapping — a short, light nap or doze.
conk out — If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
doze off — to sleep lightly or fitfully.
doze — to sleep lightly or fitfully.

adj snooze

draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
ho-hum — dull, boring, or routine; so-so: a ho-hum performance.

All 34 Synonyms of snooze