snooze

🇺🇸 /snuːz/ 🇬🇧 /snuːz/
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verb
R

to take a short, light sleep, especially during the day and not in bed

After a long night, he decided to snooze on the couch.

noun
R

a short, light sleep, especially during the day and not in bed

He took a quick snooze after lunch to recharge.

R

a button on a clock or phone that allows you to go back to sleep for a short time after waking up

I hit the snooze button and got ten more minutes of sleep.

translation

v. to take a short, light sleep, especially during the day and not in bed
n. a short, light sleep, especially during the day and not in bed; a button on a clock or phone that allows you to go back to sleep for a short time after waking up

Word Forms

3rd Present snoozes
Progressive snoozing
Past snoozed
Plural snoozes
Perfect snoozed