doze
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Etymology 1 edit
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.
Alternative forms edit
- dose (archaic)
Verb edit
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
- I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.
- (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:
- I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
- 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.
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- (sleep lightly): slumber
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Noun edit
doze (plural dozes)
- A light, short sleep or nap.
- I felt much better after a short doze.
- 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
- Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
Synonyms edit
- See Thesaurus:sleep
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Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of bulldoze.
Verb edit
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
Etymology 3 edit
Determiner edit
doze
- Pronunciation spelling of those.
- 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck:
- 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!
Aragonese edit
< 11 | 12 | 13 > |
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Cardinal : doze | ||
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doze
Galician edit
[a], [b] ← 11 | 12 | 13 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal (reintegrationist): doze Cardinal (standard): doce Ordinal: duodécimo, décimo segundo Ordinal abbreviation: 12º Fractional (reintegrationist): doze avos Fractional (standard): doceavo |
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral edit
doze (reintegrationist norm)
Further reading edit
- “doze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Old French edit
12 | Previous: | onze |
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Next: | treze |
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
doze
Derived terms edit
- dozaine (“dozen”)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
← 11 | 12 | 13 → |
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Cardinal: doze Ordinal: décimo segundo, duodécimo Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º Multiplier: duodécuplo Fractional: duodécimo, doze avos |
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi
- Hyphenation: do‧ze
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral edit
doze m or f
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Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviation of calibre 12 (“12-gauge”).
Noun edit
doze f (plural dozes)
- (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
doze f (plural dozes)
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation edit
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doze