doze
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See also: Doze
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
Verb
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
- I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
- 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:
- If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.
- (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:
- 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.
Synonyms
- (sleep lightly): slumber
Derived terms
Translations
to sleep lightly or briefly
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to make dull; to stupefy
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bulldoze — see bulldoze
Noun
doze (plural dozes)
- A light, short sleep or nap.
- I felt much better after a short doze.
- 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
- Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:sleep
Derived terms
Translations
short sleep or nap
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See also
Etymology 2
Clipping of bulldoze.
Verb
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
Etymology 3
Determiner
doze
- Pronunciation spelling of 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!
| < 11 | 12 | 13 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : doze | ||
Numeral
doze
Etymology
Numeral
doze (invariable) (ORB, broad)
References
| [a], [b] ← 11 | 12 | 13 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal (reintegrationist): doze Cardinal (standard): doce Ordinal: duodécimo, décimo segundo Ordinal abbreviation: 12º Fractional (reintegrationist): doze avos Fractional (standard): doceavo | ||
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral
doze (reintegrationist norm)
Further reading
- “doze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
doze
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
Numeral
doze
Derived terms
Descendants
| ← 11 | 12 | 13 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: doze Ordinal: décimo segundo, duodécimo Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º Multiplier: duodécuplo Fractional: duodécimo, doze avos | ||
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi
- Hyphenation: do‧ze
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral
doze m or f
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of calibre 12 (“12-gauge”).
Noun
doze f (plural dozes)
- (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)
Etymology 3
Noun
doze f (plural dozes)
Noun
doze m (plural dozi)
- (non-traditional) Alternative spelling of doxe (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”)
Noun
doze f (plural doze)
- (non-traditional) Alternative spelling of doxe (“dose, quantity”)
Etymology
From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
Numeral
doze
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