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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
Heavy snooze users tend to have more erratic sleep schedules and spend up to 20 minutes snoozing each morning. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 30 May 2025 But alas, the Thunder deployed a tactic that has become popular across the league – intentionally fouling up three points to avoid giving their opponent a chance to launch a potential game-tying shot – which turned what should have been an incredible ending into a snooze fest. Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Verb
Congress is snoozing through a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver real change. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 And now, its five-color drop is blessing us all with a new excuse to snooze our alarm clocks. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for snooze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooze
Noun
  • Bring ’em in, wear ’em out, cool ’em down and cruise ’em gloriously into a carseat nap on the ride home.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
  • While some research has found an association between mortality and longer naps, the new research revealed a new connection between death risk and when naps occurred during the day, Neal Walia, MD, a sleep specialist at UCLA Health unaffiliated with this research, told Health.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s a moment in the episode, where Cooper yawns, which was not in the script, and Doherty comes back with a perfect line.
    Peter White, Deadline, 11 June 2025
  • There are a lot of showy moments, but one of the best comes shortly after the two characters meet when Jamie lets out a yawn.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Which means Florida’s official policy is now: don’t sleep here, don’t sleep there, and don’t sleep at all.
    Eric Gray, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • Alex was on his phone and computer constantly, never sleeping.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Just the sheer, cavernous size of each cylinder – at 38 inches (97 cm) of bore by 98 inches (249 cm) of stroke ...
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
  • The only problem was that Purdey had never made a hammer ejector gun in 28 gauge, or any hammer gun in .410 bore in their more than 200-year history.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Use drip irrigation or soaker hoses under the vegetables to irrigate the,m but leave nearby weeds without water.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
  • Copley’s landscape design includes a dry creek bed, drip irrigation, blue fescue grass, and a variety of colorful plants like orange kangaroo paw, purple salvia, and red autumn sage.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025

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“Snooze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooze. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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