SNOOZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snooze mean? 

• SNOOZE (noun)
  The noun SNOOZE has 1 sense:

1. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

  Familiarity information: SNOOZE used as a noun is very rare.

• SNOOZE (verb)
  The verb SNOOZE has 1 sense:

1. sleep lightly or for a short period of time

  Familiarity information: SNOOZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOOZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

catnap; forty winks; light sleep; nap; short sleep; snooze

Hypernyms ("snooze" is a kind of...):

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snooze"):

siesta (a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries))

zizz (a nap)

Derivation:

snooze (sleep lightly or for a short period of time)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

• SNOOZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they snooze    ... he / she / it snoozes   
Past simple: snoozed   
Past participle: snoozed   
-ing form: snoozing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

doze; drowse; snooze

Hypernyms (to "snooze" is one way to...):

catch a wink; catnap; nap (take a siesta)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

snooze (sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed))