snoozing
41snooze — [c]/snuz / (say snoohz) Colloquial –verb (snoozed, snoozing) –verb (i) 1. to sleep; slumber; doze; nap. –verb (t) 2. to put (a radio, mobile phone, etc.) into a snooze setting. See def. 5. –noun 3. a rest; nap. 4. Prison a period of imprisonment… …
42asleep — [adj] unconscious catching some zzz’s*, comatose, conked*, crashed*, dormant, dozing, dreaming, flaked out*, getting shut eye*, hibernating, inactive, in dreamland*, inert, in repose, napping, on the kip*, out*, out cold*, out like a light*, out… …
43GERK — AND gerk [ga> k] n. an elderly simpleton; an old nerd. (Acronym. From geriatric and jerk.) □ Old man Johnson is a real GERK ill tempered and rude. □ A couple of gerks sat on the park bench, snoozing …
44snooze — [sno͞oz] n. [< 18th c. cant < ? or akin to LowG snusen (Dan snuse), to sniff, snore] Informal a brief sleep; nap; doze vi. snoozed, snoozing Informal to take a brief sleep; nap; doze snoozer n …
45snooz´er — snooze «snooz», verb, snoozed, snooz|ing, noun. Informal. –v.i. to take a nap; sleep; doze: »The dog snoozed on the porch in the sun. ... solemn, whiskered gentlemen snoozing in deep black leather armchairs under copies of “The Times” (Atlantic) …
