snooze
noun/snuːz/
/snuːz/
- [countable, usually singular] (informal) a short, light sleep, especially during the day and usually not in bed
- I often have a snooze after lunch.
- [uncountable] (also snooze button [countable])a control on a clock or phone that you press when you wake up, so that you can sleep a little longer and be woken up again after a short time
- I pressed snooze and drifted off again.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
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