snooze
snooze / snoōz/ inf. • n. a short, light sleep, esp. during the day: he settled in the grass for a snooze. ∎ a boring event or person: months go by and the job's a snooze.• v. [intr.] have a short, light sleep: the children play beach games while the adults snooze in the sun.DERIVATIVES: snooz·er / ˈsnoōzər/ n.snooz·y / ˈsnoōzē/ adj. (snooz·i·er, snooz·i·est) .
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