Meanings
present singular third person snoozes · participle present snoozing · participle past snoozed · past snoozed · alternative snooz
- transitiveTo pause; to postpone for a short while.
To snooze the phone, press and release the power button.
2011, Dan Gookin, Bill Loguidice, Motorola ATRIX For Dummies, page 402 more examples
It enables you to dismiss the reminder, dismiss all reminders, open the highlighted item in the Reminder dialog, and snooze the reminder. Snoozing a reminder is similar to hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock[…]
2003, Ken Slovak, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, page 110Let's say you want to see all your reminders, but you don't want it to be too easy to snooze the ones for important items.
2007, Sue Mosher, Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming, page 359
plural snoozes · alternative snooz
- A brief period of sleep; a nap.
The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
Synonyms: bed booger(s), crusty, eye booger(s), eye bogie(s), eye crust, eye goop, eye gunk, eye sand
- informalThe snooze button on an alarm clock.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brief period of sleep; a nap.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Unknown, attested since 18th century. Compare Dutch snoezelen (“to snooze”) or Swedish snusa (“to snore lightly”). Compare also Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō, “to doze, drowse”) and Russian сон (son, “sleep, dream”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَفَا, غَفْوَة
- غَفَا (ḡafā)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- غَفْوَة (ḡafwa)A period of sleep; a nap
Bulgarian дремя, дрямка
- дремя (dremja)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- дрямка (drjamka)A period of sleep; a nap
Catalan dormitar, dormitejar
- dormitarTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- dormitejarTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- becainaA period of sleep; a nap
- becadaA period of sleep; a nap
- capcinadaA period of sleep; a nap
- migdiadaA period of sleep; a nap
Chinese Mandarin 打盹, 小睡
- 打盹 (dǎdǔn)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- 小睡 (xiǎoshuì)A period of sleep; a nap
Dutch doezelen
- doezelenTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
Finnish torkkua, torkahtaa
- torkkuaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- torkahtaaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- torkutA period of sleep; a nap
- nokosetA period of sleep; a nap
- unettavaSomething boring
French faire une sieste, faire un somme
- faire une siesteTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- faire un sommeTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- piquer un roupillonTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- roupillonA period of sleep; a nap
German dösen, nicken
- dösenTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- nickenTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- ein Nickerchen machenTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- SchläfchenA period of sleep; a nap
- NickerchenA period of sleep; a nap
Greek λαγοκοιμάμαι, παίρνω έναν υπνάκο
- λαγοκοιμάμαι (lagokoimámai)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- παίρνω έναν υπνάκο (paírno énan ypnáko)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- υπνάκος (ypnákos)A period of sleep; a nap
Hungarian durmol, szunyál
- durmolTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- szunyálTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
Japanese 居眠り, 居眠り
- 居眠り (inemuri suru)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- 居眠り (inemuri)A period of sleep; a nap
- うたた寝 (utatane)A period of sleep; a nap
Māori hāmoemoe, kānewha
- hāmoemoeTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- kānewhaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- kānewhanewhaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- newhaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- nenewhaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
Persian چرت
- چرت (čort)A period of sleep; a nap
Polish zdrzemnąć się, drzemka
- zdrzemnąć sięTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- drzemkaA period of sleep; a nap
Portuguese cochilar, dormitar
- cochilarTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- dormitarTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- cochiloA period of sleep; a nap
- sestaA period of sleep; a nap
Romanian dormita, ațipi
- dormitaTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- ațipiTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
Russian дрема́ть, вздремну́ть
- дрема́ть (dremátʹ)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- вздремну́ть (vzdremnútʹ)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- подрема́ть (podremátʹ)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- прикорну́ть (prikornútʹ)To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- коро́ткий сон (korótkij son)A period of sleep; a nap
- лёгкий сон (ljóxkij son)A period of sleep; a nap
- дрёма (drjóma)A period of sleep; a nap
- дремо́та (dremóta)A period of sleep; a nap
Scottish Gaelic dèan dùsal, dùsal
- dèan dùsalTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- dùsalA period of sleep; a nap
- norragA period of sleep; a nap
Spanish dormitar, siesta
- dormitarTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- siestaA period of sleep; a nap
- lataSomething boring
- fastidioSomething boring
Swedish ta en tupplur, tupplur
- ta en tupplurTo sleep, especially briefly; to nap
- tupplurA period of sleep; a nap
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with snooze
Cite this entry
snooze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snooze
“snooze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snooze. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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