What does snooze mean?

Definitions for snooze
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snoozeverb

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

  2. snooze, drowse, dozeverb

    sleep lightly or for a short period of time

Wiktionary

  1. snoozenoun

    A period of sleep; a nap.

    The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.

  2. snoozenoun

    Something boring.

    The whole movie was a snooze.

  3. snoozeverb

    To sleep, especially briefly; to nap.

    The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.

  4. snoozeverb

    To pause; to postpone for a short while.

ChatGPT

  1. snooze

    A snooze is a short, light sleep or nap, often taken in association with the act of briefly suspending an alarm–typically on a clock or mobile device. It can also refer to the function or button on an alarm clock that delays the alarm from ringing for a brief period of time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Snoozenoun

    a short sleep; a nap

  2. Snoozeverb

    to doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber

  3. Etymology: [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.]

Wikidata

  1. Snooze

    Snooze is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Snooze

    snōōz, v.i. to doze.—n. a nap.—n. Snooz′er. [Prob. the same as snore, influenced by sneeze.]

  2. Snooze

    snōōz, v.i. to doze: to slumber.—n. a quiet nap.—n. Snooz′er. [Prob. the same as snore, influenced by sneeze.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of snooze in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of snooze in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of snooze in a Sentence

  1. Janet Kennedy:

    If you need to rise first, offer to not hit the snooze button too often, so it goes off a bunch of times and disturbs the other person.

  2. Maggie Moon:

    Holly Phillips said. It's not clear why this happens ; studies suggest that in response to the stress of not getting quality snooze time, there's a reduction in activity in the hypothalamus, the control panel of the brain where body temperature is regulated. A study from the European Journal of Applied Physiology appears to back this up : researchers documented a drop in body temperature in 20 sleep-deprived young adults. Metabolism may be a culprit here as well. When you're fatigued from a restless night, your metabolism works at a more sluggish pace, Holly Phillips said, producing less heat and slower circulation. You're dehydrated Up to 60 percent of the adult human body is water, and water helps regulate body temperature.

  3. Ronnie Rickner:

    Death is much like an alarm clock except there is never a snooze button to give you just a moment more, before you really have to wake.

  4. Paul Wertheimer:

    This incident is a recurrence of past incidents, every time event planners and promoters get a wake up call, they hit the snooze button. They're not gonna learn anything. It sounds negative and cynical, but it's true. They say all the right things but they never do the right thing.

  5. Roger Biles:

    If you snooze you lose in this environment. Product is going left and right, we couldn't get the money to them fast enough. They said they are all gone.

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Translations for snooze

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  • غفوةArabic
  • nicken, Nickerchen, dösen, ein Nickerchen machen, SchläfchenGerman
  • παίρνω έναν υπνάκο, υπνάκος, λαγοκοιμάμαιGreek
  • fastidio, siesta, lata, dormitarSpanish
  • چرت, چرت زدنPersian
  • nokoset, torkahtaa, torkkua, unettava, torkutFinnish
  • roupillon, faire une sieste, piquer un roupillon, faire un sommeFrench
  • norrag, dèan dùsal, dùsalScottish Gaelic
  • sonnellinoItalian
  • 居眠り, うたた寝Japanese
  • წაუძინებს, თვლემაGeorgian
  • doezelenDutch
  • drzemka, zdrzemnąć sięPolish
  • ațipi, dormitaRomanian
  • лёгкий сон, прикорнуть, подремать, короткий сон, вздремнуть, дрематьRussian
  • ta en tupplur, tupplurSwedish
  • şekerlemeTurkish

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