doze /doʊz/verb 3noun 1forms 3phrases 1 verb3 •To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit. •(slang) To bulldoze. •To make dull; to stupefy.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. noun1 •A light, short sleep or nap.I felt much better after a short doze. formsdozed · dozing · dozes Phrases with doze doze offA short unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.
