snooze

¹snooze

verb \ˈsnüz\

snoozedsnooz·ing

Definition of SNOOZE

intransitive verb

: to take a nap : doze

Examples of SNOOZE

1. <snoozed through those long winter nights under a thick down comforter>
2. <she was just snoozing when she heard the knock at the door>

Origin of SNOOZE

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1785

Related to SNOOZE

Synonyms: catnap, doze, nap, rest, slumber, sleep

Related Words: drop off, drowse (off), nod off; oversleep, sleep in; dream, hibernate

Near Antonyms: arise, arouse, awake, rise, wake

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Rhymes with SNOOZE

blues, booze, bruise, choose, cruise, cruse, Druze, flews, fuse, lose, Meuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, roose, ruse, schmooze, trews, use, whose