Antonyms for snooze
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : snooz |
| Phonetic Transcription : snuz |
Definition of snooze
Origin :- 1789, cant word, of unknown origin, perhaps echoic of a snore. Related: Snoozed; snoozing. The noun meaning "a short nap" is from 1793. Snooze-alarm is from 1965.
- noun light sleep
- verb sleep lightly
- The day's beginning to break but I think I'll take a Sunday morning snooze.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters » by Charles Henry Lerrigo
- Wal, younker, if you've no 'bjection you can lay down and snooze till morning.
- Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
- Then they snooze for five hours and they're ready for another long stretch.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- But there's no telling, it's the old game—Here goes for a snooze.
- Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
- Then Berrie said, firmly: “Now you must take a snooze, you look tired.”
- Extract from : « The Forester's Daughter » by Hamlin Garland
- There now, old man, just belay all that, and let me finish my snooze.
- Extract from : « Salt Water » by W. H. G. Kingston
- Poor Billy puffed and panted, and at last declared that “he must have a snooze.”
- Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston
- They sat back to back, and thus, in the form of a tripod, began to snooze.
- Extract from : « The Dog Crusoe and his Master » by R.M. Ballantyne
- After we eat, I'm going to find a cot, lie down, and take a snooze.
- Extract from : « Motor Matt's Red Flyer, or, On the High Gear » by Stanley R. Matthews
- Her ladyship seems to be taking a snooze on the quiet, my lady.
- Extract from : « Lyre and Lancet » by F. Anstey
Synonyms for snooze
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