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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) [syn: nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze] v
1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (snoozed; snoozing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1785 to take a nap ; doze II. noun Date: 1793 1. nap 2. something boring or uninspiring

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. colloq. --n. a short sleep, esp. in the daytime. --v.intr. take a snooze. Derivatives: snoozer n. snoozy adj. (snoozier, snooziest). Etymology: 18th-c. sl.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snooze Snooze (sn[=oo]z), n. [Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff.] A short sleep; a nap. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snooze Snooze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snoozed; p. pr. & vb. n. Snoozing.] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(snoozes, snoozing, snoozed) 1. A snooze is a short, light sleep, especially during the day. (INFORMAL) = nap N-COUNT 2. If you snooze, you sleep lightly for a short period of time. (INFORMAL) Mark snoozed in front of the television... VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. (Colloq.) Slumber, drowse, sleep, nap, doze.