how to pronounce snooze

/ˈsnuz/

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snooze is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of snooze in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a taken snooze and come back the next …”

meaning of snooze

Snooze is a verb meaning to sleep for a short time.

snooze frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word snooze occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.