doze

Meanings

Plural: dozes

Noun

a light fitful sleep
A light, short sleep or nap.

Verb

sleep lightly or for a short period of time
To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
To make dull; to stupefy.
To bulldoze.

Det

Pronunciation spelling of those.

Origin / 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, 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.

Synonyms

drowse, nod, sleep, snooze

Scrabble Score: 14

doze is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
doze is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doze is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

doze is a valid Words With Friends word