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▪ I. snooze, n.|snuːz|
Also snoose.
[Cf. next.]
1. colloq. A sleep; a nap, a doze.
α1793W. Roberts Looker-on II. 315 That Shuter's self might heave his head From drunken snoozes. 1813Sir G. Jackson Diaries & Lett. (1873) II. 177, I..had not had my snooze half out, when a courier arrived. 1845W. H. Maxwell Hints Soldier I. 51, I question whether I could manage to obtain a snooze. 1886J. R. Rees Pleas. Bk.-Worm v. 178 With a warm ejaculation on his tongue, the interrupted sleeper returns to his snooze.
β1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Tale Drury Lane 51 Starting from short and broken snoose, Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoes. 1869Daily News 8 Oct., Seals like nothing better than a snoose on the sand.
2. slang. (See quots.)
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v., A snooze sometimes means a lodging; as, where can I get a snooze for this darky, instead of saying a bed. 1839Slang Dict. 34 Snooze, a bed. 1865Ibid. (Hotten) 239 Snooze-case, a pillow-slip.
3. Comb. snooze alarm, an alarm on a bedside clock which may be preset or reset to repeat after a short interval, allowing the sleeper a further nap; snooze button, a button on a clock which sets the snooze alarm.
1973Electrical Wholesaler Sept. 76/1 (Advt.), Snooze alarm clock housed in finely tooled aluminium case. 1976Washington Post 19 Apr. a15/6 (Advt.), Multiband clock radio. Digital Numbers. Wake to Music. Extra Snooze Alarm.
1974Sci. Amer. Oct. 63/2 For years, alarm clocks were dull..even those with snooze buttons and fancy dials.
▪ II. snooze, v. colloq.|snuːz|
[app. a cant or slang word of obscure origin.]
intr. To sleep; to slumber, to doze.
1789G. Parker Life's Painter (c 1800) 138 The cull with whom she snooz'd. 1795Potter Dict. Cant (ed. 2), Snooze, to sleep. 1813Moore Diary VIII. 136 If..I had nothing to do but put on my nightcap and snooze quietly by their side. 1842Mrs. Gore Fascination 37 She withdrew, leaving him to snooze beside the fire. 1887Pall Mall G. 20 Sept. 2/3 A swarm of literary drones, who go there to lounge, snooze, and gossip. |