doze off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

doze off (third-person singular simple present dozes off, present participle dozing off, simple past and past participle dozed off)

1. To fall asleep unintentionally.
   • 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:

     Therefore, what the train of the future must do is offer a comfortable and enjoyable experience in well-designed carriages that (for example) have pleasant lighting, have seats that align with windows, and which are comfortable enough so that you can doze off without having to call your oesteopath as soon as you wake up.

Synonyms

• drop off
• sack out

See Thesaurus:fall asleep

Translations

fall asleep unintentionally

• Cherokee: ᎦᏢᏍᎦ (gatlvsga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打瞌睡 (zh) (dǎkēshuì), 打盹 (zh) (dǎdǔn)

• Dutch: indutten (nl)
• Finnish: uinahtaa (fi), pilkkiä (fi)
• French: s’assoupir (fr)
• German: einnicken (de)
• Italian: assopirsi (it), appisolarsi (it)
• Japanese: うとうとする (ja) (utouto suru)
• Portuguese: cair no sono (pt), passar pelas brasas
• Russian: задрема́ть (ru) pf (zadremátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: zadrijémati (sh), pridrijémati (sh)
• Spanish: adormecerse (es), cabecear (es), quedarse traspuesto (colloquial), querdarse dormido, quedarse dormido
• Sranan Tongo: dyonko
• Swedish: slumra till (sv)
• Thai: หลับใน (th) (làp-nai)
• Ukrainian: задріма́ти pf (zadrimáty)

Noun

doze off (plural doze offs)

1. A short unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.

Translations

unintentional nap

• Finnish: uinahdus (fi)
• Galician: soneca (gl), sonada (gl)