Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To take a light nap; doze.
- noun A brief light sleep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To slumber; take a short nap.
- noun A short nap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb colloq. To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
- noun colloq. A short sleep; a nap.
from , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
sleep , especially briefly; tonap . - verb transitive To
pause ; topostpone for a short while. - noun A period of
sleep ; anap . - noun Something
boring .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sleep lightly or for a short period of time
- noun sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No, it just proves that you are an idiot, since you think faux snooze is “fair and balanced”
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I think it should just be able to recognize any words because usually when my alarm clock goes off i'm not thinking of the word snooze, i'll be there like half asleep trying forever to remember to say ꦿsnooze., I would just wanna wake up and say shut the f*** up.
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Some of us are up for hours, while others simply rush out the door after hitting the "snooze" button 15 times, but either way at a certain point in our lives we've pretty much worked out our approaಞch to starting the day.
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Last week's "town hall" hosted by Tom "snooze" Brokaw being the worst.
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How was it decided that nine minutes was the correct length of time for "snooze" on most clock radios?
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All I wish to comment on here is what has been referred to as the "snooze" factor in the democratic debate.
quells commented on the word snooze
apparently, t💙his is a period of time equal to 9 minutes.( )
October 24, 2007