Meaning

1 senses
  1. A button on an alarm clock which, when pressed, silences the alarm temporarily, granting a few more minutes of sleep before the alarm sounds again.

    Schlummertaste

Examples

8 sentences
  1. My alarm clock doesn't have a snooze button.

  2. I hit the snooze button and went back to sleep.

  3. Sometimes, I hit the snooze button to get an extra 10 minutes of rest.

  4. Tom pressed the "snooze" button on his alarm clock and went back to sleep.

    deTom drückte die Schlummertaste seines Weckers und legte sich wieder schlafen. — mhr

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  5. Mary hit the snooze button.

    deMaria drückte auf die Schlummertaste. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Origin

A feature introduced in the General Electric "Snooz-Alarm" line of alarm clocks, trademark

A feature introduced in the General Electric "Snooz-Alarm" line of alarm clocks, trademarked in 1958.

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Forms

plural: snooze buttons
Singularsnooze button
Pluralsnooze buttons

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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