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as in nap
a short sleep took a snooze after lunch to refresh himself

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as in yawn
someone or something boring man, that novel is a snooze—there's not one interesting character in it

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snooze

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verb

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as in to sleep
to be in a state of sleep snoozed through those long winter nights under a thick down comforter

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as in to nap
to sleep lightly or briefly she was just snoozing when she heard the knock at the door

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Recent Examples of snooze
Noun
As the moon and Venus connect, chilling out doesn’t have to be a snooze-fest. Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025 In addition to Liquid Glass, Apple says those features include options to set the snooze duration on your alarm, Call Screening to respond to unwanted calls, and Apple Intelligence capabilities with the Reminders app. Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
In it, Mario snoozes against a tree as a butterfly flutters by his head. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Bandit snoozed through the whole encounter and never noticed the wild animal. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snooze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooze
Noun
  • Just one more nap, one more run, one more hunt.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Prior to alerting first responders, Rodriguez said her son, Makai Laboy, had just been put down for a nap.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But historically, investors have met them with a collective yawn.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Marco Rubio, one arm flung over the back of his chair, made no attempt to disguise a yawn.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If your smartwatch tracking every heartbeat and sleep cycle hasn’t already given you health anxiety, Kohler wants to mess you up in a new way.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Experts said the Louvre robbery bore many of the hallmarks of these crimes, including getting away on motorbikes, entering the property in broad daylight and using brute force.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Palestinian doctors said some of the roughly 120 bodies Israel has returned to Gaza bore signs of torture or execution, and most had bands on their necks, the Associated Press reported.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cut large sheets of parchment paper and place one in front of each chair to serve as craft mats so glitter and glue gun drip can fall there instead of on your favorite tablecloth.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Freeland added drip irrigation lines to his pumpkin field by pumping water from his well.
    Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Snooze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooze. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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