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snooze

/snuːz/

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British/snʉwz/

snooze verb: to sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.

Verb

snooze (third-person singular simple present snoozes, present participle snoozing, simple past and past participle snoozed)

  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[…]2003, Ken Slovak, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, page 110
    • 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.2007, Sue Mosher, Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming, page 359

Noun

snooze (plural snoozes)

  1. A brief period of sleep; a nap.
    • The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
    Synonyms:
    bed booger(s), crusty, eye booger(s), eye bogie(s), eye crust, eye goop, eye gunk, eye sand, eye snot, gound
  2. (informal) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
  3. (informal) Something boring.
    • The whole movie was a snooze.

snooze meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

snooze in Marathi

स्नूझ करण्यासाठी, स्नूज करण्यासाठी, स्नूझ करणे

snooze in Urdu

اسنوز کرنا

snooze in Bengali

হালকা ঘুমানো, তন্দ্রা নেওয়া

snooze in Telugu

స్నూజ్ చేయడానికి, స్నూజ్ చెయ్యడానికి, స్నూజ్ చేయడం
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snooze in Malayalam
അല്പനിദ, ലഘുനിദ്ര, കണ്ണുകാച്ചൽ, മയങ്ങുക
snooze in Kannada
ಲಘು ನಿದ್ರೆ ಮಾಡು, ಸಣ್ಣ ನಿದ್ರೆ ಮಾಡು, ಕಿತ್ತೊರಕು
snooze in Gujarati
સ્નૂઝ કરવા માટે, સ્નૂઝ કરવા, સ્નુઝ કરવા માટે
snooze in Odia
ସ୍ନୁଜ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ସ୍ନୁଜ୍ କରିବା, ସ୍ନୁଜ୍ କରିବାକୁ
snooze in Nepali
स्नुज गर्न, स्नूज गर्न
snooze in Arabic
غَفَا ḡafā, غَفْوَة ḡafwa
snooze in Persian
چرت čort

Examples of snooze in a sentence

  • She trusted me to scarve her shoulders, her creatures snoozed below our bed.
  • When you sleep, your salivary glands take a bit of a snooze too.
  • Truthfully, I was kind of average until my life went from snooze to snazztastic in about sixty seconds.

All 12 example sentences with snooze

Synonyms of snooze

  • bed booger(s)
  • crusty
  • eye booger(s)
  • eye bogie(s)
  • eye crust
  • eye goop
  • eye gunk
  • eye sand
  • eye snot
  • gound
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Forms of snooze

Verb
third-person singular presentsnoozes
present participlesnoozing
past participlesnoozed
pastsnoozed
alternative formsnooz
Noun
pluralsnoozes

Past tense of snooze: snoozed

Origin of snooze

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”).

Words formed from snooze

Phrases with snooze

Words that rhyme with snooze

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Questions about snooze

What does snooze mean?
Snooze means to sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
What is snooze in Marathi?
Snooze in Marathi is स्नूझ करण्यासाठी, स्नूज करण्यासाठी, स्नूझ करणे. See Snooze meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is snooze?
Snooze can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce snooze?
Snooze is pronounced /snuːz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of snooze?
The past tense of snooze is snoozed.

Words near snooze in the dictionary

  1. snooz
  2. snoozapalooza
  3. snoozapaloozas
  4. snoozathon
  5. snoozathons
  6. snooze
  7. snooze button
  8. snooze buttons
  9. snooze off
  10. snooze-fest
  11. snoozeathon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snooze (page history and authors); snooze (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snooze (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snooze (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snooze (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snooze (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snooze (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snooze (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snooze (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snooze (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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