To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.
To pause; to postpone for a short while.
It enables you to dismiss the reminder, dismiss all reminders, open the highlighted item in the Reminder dialog, and snooze the reminder. Snoozing a reminder is similar to hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock[…]
A brief period of sleep; a nap.
The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
Unknown, attested since 18th century. Compare Dutch snoezelen (“to snooze”) or Swedish snusa (“to snore lightly”). Confer also Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō, “to doze, drowse”) and Russian сон (son, ...
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The snooze button on an alarm clock.
Something boring.
The whole movie was a snooze.