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snoozing

snoozing is the present participle and gerund of snooze.

Meaning of snooze

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

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Phrases with snoozing

Questions about snoozing

What is snoozing the present participle and gerund of?
Snoozing is the present participle and gerund of snooze.

Words near snoozing in the dictionary

  1. snoozetime
  2. snoozeworthy
  3. snoozier
  4. snooziest
  5. snooziness
  6. snoozing
  7. snoozing off
  8. snoozle
  9. snoozled
  10. snoozles
  11. snoozling

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