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# snooze

«snooze» in Mova's school dictionary: **verb (informal): To have a short, light sleep, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (snooze, snoozes, snoozed, snoozing); noun (a snooze, snoozes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) verb (informal): To have a short, light sleep, especially in the daytime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#m1)

2) noun: A short sleep; a nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#m2)

3) The snooze button on an alarm clock or phone, which stops the alarm for a few minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In family life, Grandad snoozes in his armchair after lunch; cats snooze in the sun. The snooze button is a classic morning habit. The saying «you snooze, you lose» means if you are slow you miss your chance. Phrases: «have a snooze», «hit the snooze button», «you snooze, you lose».

### examples

- Grandad had a snooze on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#x1)
- The cat is snoozing in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#x2)
- I pressed the snooze button three times this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#x3)
- You snooze, you lose — the last cake has gone! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#x4)
- Dad snoozed through the whole film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#x5)
- The baby needs a snooze after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/#x6)

### note

Past «snoozed». Informal word; formal: sleep, nap, doze. Related: doze, nap, kip (UK slang). Trap: «snooze» rhymes with «news», «lose».

### In the corpora

- [Snoozing gives a few more minutes, but the sleep is broken and many people feel more tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is/6/)
- [Snoozing an alarm gives broken, light sleep, and many people feel more tired after lots of snoozing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snooze» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooze/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.