doze

Plural: dozes

Noun

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

Verb

Verb Forms: dozed, dozing, dozes

To sleep lightly; to be half-asleep.
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.

Examples

I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
I felt much better after a short doze.
My opponent started to DOZE off, missing my triple-word play.

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, snooze, nod, sleep

Scrabble Score: 14

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

doze: valid Words With Friends Word