snooze

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Dutch snoezelen (“to snooze”) or snusa (“to snore lighly”).

verb

1. (intransitive) To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
   The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.
2. (transitive) 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[…] 2003, Ken Slovak, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, page 110
   Let's say you want to see all your reminders, but you don't want it to be too easy to snooze the ones for important items. 2007, Sue Mosher, Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming, page 359
   To snooze the phone, press and release the power button. 2011, Dan Gookin, Bill Loguidice, Motorola ATRIX For Dummies, page 40

noun

1. A brief period of sleep; a nap.
   The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
2. (informal) The snooze button on an alarm clock.
3. (informal) Something boring.
   The whole movie was a snooze.