Snooze
(verb)
- To sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day.
- To nap or doze.
- To cause someone to feel drowsy or lethargic.
Origin:
Late 16th century from dutch snozen, from snurken 'to snore'.
Examples:
- I snoozed on the couch for an hour.
- I feel better after my snooze.
- A lullaby can snooze a baby.
- She snoozed through the whole movie.
- It was so boring that I nearly snoozed.