Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snoozer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: snooz-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who snoozes; a sleeper.

noun

Something that is boring, uninteresting or unremarkable; something that would tend to induce sleep.

Colloquial

noun

A thief who steals from hotel rooms while staying as a hotel guest.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The program is usually pretty good, but last Wednesday's episode was a real snoozer."
"[…] a "snoozer," or one of those thieves who take up their quarters at hotels […]"
"2023, Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge, Manchester Murders and Misdemeanours A snoozer, though, was a criminal who focussed exclusively upon stealing from hotels. Snoozers were looked upon as being the aristocrats of the criminal world during much of the nineteenth century."

Etymology

From snooze + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

snoozers (plural)

Questions

What does snoozer mean?: One who snoozes; a sleeper.
Where does snoozer come from?: From snooze + -er.

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