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doze

n.
US //ˈdoʊz// UK //dˈəʊz// doze Slang
Synonyms
Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bulldoze.

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