snooze
verb
[ snuːz ]
• have a short, light sleep, especially during the day.
• "the children play beach games while the adults snooze in the sun"
Similar:
sleep,
be asleep,
doze,
rest,
take a siesta,
nap,
take a nap,
catnap,
drowse,
sleep like a log/top,
snatch forty winks,
get some shut-eye,
be in the land of Nod,
kip,
have a kip,
get one's head down,
zizz,
get some zizz,
doss (down),
catch some Zs,
be in the arms of Morpheus,
slumber,
Opposite:
be awake,
snooze
noun
• a short, light sleep, especially during the day.
• "he settled in the grass for a snooze"
Similar:
sleep,
nap,
doze,
rest,
siesta,
drowse,
catnap,
beauty sleep,
forty winks,
a bit of shut-eye,
kip,
zizz,
slumber,
• something boring or tedious.
• "the actual listening experience is often something of a snooze"
Origin:
late 18th century: of unknown origin.
