snooze.html - n. & v.
colloq. --n.

a short sleep, esp. in the daytime.

--v.

intr. take a snooze.

snoozer n. snoozy adj. (snoozier, snooziest). [18th-c. sl.: orig. unkn.]

snooze.html - n. & v.
colloq. --n.

a short sleep, esp. in the daytime.

--v.

intr. take a snooze.

snoozer n. snoozy adj. (snoozier, snooziest). [18th-c. sl.: orig. unkn.]

snooze.html - n.
1 an ornamental hairnet usu. worn at the back of the head.
2 a ring of woollen etc. material worn as a hood.
3 a short line attaching a hook to a main line in sea fishing.
4 hist. a ribbon or band worn by unmarried women in Scotland to confine their hair. [OE snod]

snooze.html - n.
sl. a contemptuous gesture with the thumb to the nose and the fingers spread out.

cock a snook (often foll. by at)
1 make this gesture.
2 register one's contempt (for a person, establishment, etc.). [19th c.: orig. unkn.]

snooze.html - n.
a marine fish, Centropomus undecimalis, used as food. [Du. snoek: see SNOEK]

snooze.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a game played with cues on a rectangular baize-covered table in which the players use a cue-ball (white) to pocket the other balls (15 red and 6 coloured) in a set order.
2 a position in this game in which a direct shot at a permitted ball is impossible.

--v.

tr.
1 (also refl.) subject (oneself or another player) to a snooker.
2 (esp. as snookered adj.) sl. defeat; thwart. [19th c.: orig. unkn.]