English language

How to pronounce snooze in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms doze, drowse
Type of catch a wink, catnap, nap
Type Words
Synonyms catnap, forty winks, light sleep, nap, short sleep
Type of sleeping
Has types siesta, zizz

Examples of snooze

snooze
However, like my morning alarm clock, I was hitting the snooze button too often.
From the ocregister.com
When you get old, you can have a snooze in the afternoon without feeling guilty.
From the independent.co.uk
While that sounds like a bit of a snooze, it's not a bad thing to try to master.
From the theatlantic.com
They perch on the stairway, roost on the bookcase, snooze in the laundry basket.
From the time.com
A midday snooze reverses information overload, says a Harvard University study.
From the forbes.com
A nap policy allows employees a 20-minute snooze on office couches at any time.
From the businessweek.com
One of my pet peeves with this watch is that it did not have a snooze function.
From the online.wsj.com
The Rams finally hit the snooze-alert button, awaking from an early fall slumber.
From the stltoday.com
Attendance is mandatory, say the professionals, and those who snooze will lose.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Sleep lightly or for a short period of time
  • Snooze is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.
  • A period of sleep; a nap; Something boring; To sleep, especially briefly; to nap
  • The OED dates this word to 1793 meaning to sleep, nap or doze.
  • The process of sending recurring event notifications until the events are cleared.
  • A process that delays an overdue reminder by a specified time interval. At the end of the time interval, the reminder becomes overdue again.