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snoozed

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snooze

[snooz] verb, snoozed, snooz·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to sleep; slumber; doze; nap.
noun
2.
a short sleep; nap.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1780–90; origin uncertain

snooz·er, noun
snooz·y, adjective
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snooze
1789, cant word, of unknown origin, perhaps echoic of a snore.
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snooze definition

[snuz]
  1. in.
    to sleep; to take a little nap. : I snoozed a little bit before the party.
  2. n.
    a little nap. : Why not go up and take a little snooze?
  3. n.
    something that is boring enough to put someone to sleep. : The play was a snooze. I left before it was over.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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