doze

Definition of doze

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(intransitive)To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

“I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.”
“If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.”
“She dozes, too. Lies there for a minute or two, all these thoughts going through her head.”

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verb

(intransitive)To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

“I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.”
“If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.”
“She dozes, too. Lies there for a minute or two, all these thoughts going through her head.”
(transitive)To make dull; to stupefy.

“I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.”
“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.”
(intransitive, slang)To bulldoze.

noun

A light, short sleep or nap.

“I felt much better after a short doze.”
“Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.”
“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."”

det

(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling 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!”

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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,…

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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.

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