dozer

1 of 2

noun (1)

doz·​er ˈdō-zər 

plural dozers

: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth : bulldozer sense 2

The sound of dozers droned in the distance.

—Margo Sorenson

… at times he was assigned to walk beside bulldozers and help guide them. Five people worked each dozer, he told me—the operator up in his cab, a person at either end of the blade, and two others at the sides.

—John McPhee

dozer

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural dozers

: someone who dozes

One of parenting life's little ironies is that babies sleep even less well when they're over-tired. By all means, limit naps if you've a diehard day-time dozer on your hands, but always … make sure that you're not denying him the day-time sleep he really needs.

—Helen Brown

The readers read, the dozers dozed, the workaholic mother-to-be breathed hard over her keyboard.

—Lindsley Cameron

Synonyms

Noun (1)

• sleeper

Examples of dozer in a Sentence

Noun (1)

the driver had to make an abrupt stop that wakened the dozers on the bus

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

There are now more than 7,500 local state and federal firefighters on the ground, as well as 1,162 fire engines, 23 water tenders, six air tankers, 31 helicopters, and 53 dozers fighting the fires. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

The fire has been fought by 10 engines, two water tenders, two helicopters, two dozers and six hand crews. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025

Firefighters continue to assess fire suppression control-line locations and dozers are extending and connecting those lines already developed. —Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025

Around 30 cars abandoned on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive were later cleared by dozers to provide access, the fire department said. —Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1919, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1710, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dozer

• bowser
• crozer
• poser
• bulldozer
• composer
• disposer
• opposer
• proposer

Kids Definition

dozer

noun

doz·​er ˈdō-zər 

: bulldozer