Dictionary

doze en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /doʊz/

Etymology

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.

Meanings

1. A light, short sleep or nap.
   • Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it. 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
   • I felt much better after a short doze.
   • At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43:

Forms

Deriveds

dozy · doze off · dozer

Relateds

sleep · shuteye · slumber · nap · catnap

Synonyms

sleep

Translations (15)

gd dùsal (short sleep or nap) · ca becaina (short sleep or nap) · pt soneca (short sleep or nap) · ca capcinada (short sleep or nap) · ka ჩათვლემა (short sleep or nap) · ru грёза (short sleep or nap) · ota اویقو (short sleep or nap) · ru дрёма (short sleep or nap) · fi torkut (short sleep or nap) · ka წაძინება (short sleep or nap) · bg дрямка (short sleep or nap) · ka თვლემა (short sleep or nap) · pt cochilo (short sleep or nap) · fi unet (short sleep or nap) · ka მირულვა (short sleep or nap)

doze en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /doʊz/

Etymology

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
   • She dozes, too. Lies there for a minute or two, all these thoughts going through her head. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 357:
   • If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
   • I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
   • October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.
   • I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:

Forms

Deriveds

adoze · Windoze

Synonyms

nod (sleep lightly)

Translations (77)

ro ațipi (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl cochar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi nenewha (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl topenear (to sleep lightly or briefly) · fi torkkua (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ro moțăi (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ca endormiscar-se (to sleep lightly or briefly) · fr somnoler (to sleep lightly or briefly) · dsb pódrěmaś (to sleep lightly or briefly) · vi ngủ gật (to sleep lightly or briefly) · uk дріма́ти (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ca abaltir-se (to sleep lightly or briefly) · cu дрѣмати (to sleep lightly or briefly) · sv slumra (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi hāmoemoe (to sleep lightly or briefly) · fi torkahtaa (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ca adormissar-se (to sleep lightly or briefly) · eo dormeti (to sleep lightly or briefly) · sk driemať (to sleep lightly or briefly) · io somnolar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · sco dover (to sleep lightly or briefly) · es cabecear (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl trasvaiar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · sv dåsa (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ka სთვლემს (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ka ჩათვლემს (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gd dèan dùsal (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ka თვლემს (to sleep lightly or briefly) · kk қалғу (to sleep lightly or briefly) · pt cochilar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ru дрема́ть (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ru подрема́ть (to sleep lightly or briefly) · srn dyonko (to sleep lightly or briefly) · lb dösen (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi turehu (to sleep lightly or briefly) · grc νυστάζω (to sleep lightly or briefly) · cs dřímat (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl sonetar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · dsb drěmaś (to sleep lightly or briefly) · pl drzemać (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl dormentar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · hsb drěmać (to sleep lightly or briefly) · fi nuokkua (to sleep lightly or briefly) · it dormicchiare (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi kurehu (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl dormexar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ka ჩასთვლემს (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl botar soneca (unha) (to sleep lightly or briefly) · pt tirar soneca (uma) (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ka წაუძინებს (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl durmiñar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · pl podrzemać (to sleep lightly or briefly) · rup nsumnedz (to sleep lightly or briefly) · be задрама́ць (to sleep lightly or briefly) · sh drijémati (to sleep lightly or briefly) · de dösen (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi newha (to sleep lightly or briefly) · nrf haûter (to sleep lightly or briefly) · es dormitar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ru прикорну́ть (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ru грезить (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi kānewha (to sleep lightly or briefly) · be падрама́ць (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl tutar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · bg дремя (to sleep lightly or briefly) · be драма́ць (to sleep lightly or briefly) · io dormetar (to sleep lightly or briefly) · nl dommelen (to sleep lightly or briefly) · crh yantaymaq (to sleep lightly or briefly) · it sonnecchiare (to sleep lightly or briefly) · mi kānewhanewha (to sleep lightly or briefly) · el νυστάζω (to sleep lightly or briefly) · gl moquear (to sleep lightly or briefly) · fi typerryttää (to make dull; to stupefy) · la dormītō (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ru задремать (to sleep lightly or briefly) · ro dormita (to sleep lightly or briefly)

doze en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /doʊz/

Etymology

Clipping of bulldoze.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

Forms

doze en · DET · etymology 3

Pronunciation

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• /doʊz/

Meanings

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of those.
   alt of those
   • Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts! Other man: Hah? No chance! I bought dis house 'cause it has dis address! It's me lucky number! […] It was me prison number at Leavenworst and de winning number in de weekly parole lottery! I wudn't never sell doze plates! 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck: