doze
Pronunciation Verb

doze (dozes, present participle dozing; past and past participle dozed)

  1. (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 happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
  2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
    • I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
    • They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
Synonyms Translations Noun

doze (plural dozes)

  1. A light, short sleep or nap.
    I felt much better after a short doze.
Synonyms Translations Determiner
  1. Eye dialect spelling of those#English|those.
    • 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck
      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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