dozing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ

Verb

dozing

1. present participle and gerund of doze

Noun

dozing (plural dozings)

1. A light sleep.
   • 1819, John Armstrong, Practical illustrations of typhus fever, page 32:

     The patient now lies at nights with his eye-lids half closed, in light distinct dozings, associated with moaning, frightful dreams, and startings […]