doze
verb
[ dəʊz ]
• sleep lightly.
• "he found his mother dozing by the fire"
Similar:
catnap,
nap,
take a nap,
take a siesta,
sleep lightly,
drowse,
rest,
snooze,
have a snooze,
snatch forty winks,
get some shut-eye,
kip,
have a kip,
get some kip,
zizz,
have a zizz,
get some zizz,
catch some Zs,
catch a few Zs,
slumber,
Opposite:
be awake,
doze
noun
• a short, light sleep.
• "‘I think I'll have a doze,’ he said, closing his eyes"
Similar:
catnap,
nap,
siesta,
light sleep,
drowse,
rest,
snooze,
forty winks,
kip,
zizz,
slumber,
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.
