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dozing

dozing is the present participle and gerund of doze.

Meaning of doze

Verb (1)

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
    • I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
    Synonyms:
    nod
  2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
    • I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666

Verb (2)

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

See all 4 meanings of doze

Noun

dozing (plural dozings)

  1. A light sleep.
    • The patient now lies at nights with his eye-lids half closed, in light distinct dozings, associated with moaning, frightful dreams, and startings […]1819, John Armstrong, Practical illustrations of typhus fever, page 32

Forms of dozing

pluraldozings

Phrases with dozing

Words that rhyme with dozing

Questions about dozing

What does dozing mean?
Dozing means a light sleep.
What is dozing the present participle and gerund of?
Dozing is the present participle and gerund of doze.
What part of speech is dozing?
Dozing is a noun.
What is the plural of dozing?
The plural of dozing is dozings.

Words near dozing in the dictionary

  1. dozier
  2. Doziers
  3. doziest
  4. dozily
  5. doziness
  6. dozing
  7. dozing off
  8. dozings
  9. Dozogiri
  10. dozy
  11. Dozy Don

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