doze

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

   I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.

2. 2
   verb

   To make dull; to stupefy.

   I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.

3. 3
   noun

   A light, short sleep or nap.

   I felt much better after a short doze.

4. 4
   det

   Pronunciation spelling of those.

   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!

5. 5
   noun

   a light fitful sleep

6. 6
   verb

   sleep lightly or for a short period of time

7. 7
   verb

   To bulldoze.

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…