doze off

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doze off

noun doze offs

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

verb dozes off · dozing off · dozed off

  1. intransitive To fall asleep unintentionally. 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 a

    Similar: drop off, sack out, see Thesaurus:fall asleep

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noun unintentional nap

中文瞌睡 kēshuì, 盹

verb to fall asleep unintentionally

Españoladormecerse, cabecear, quedarse transpuesto, quedarse dormido, adormitarse, adormilarse
日本語うとうとする utouto suru
中文打瞌睡 dǎkēshuì, 打盹 dǎdǔn
Portuguêscair no sono, passar pelas brasas
Françaiss'assoupir
Deutscheinnicken
Italianoassopirsi, appisolarsi
Русскийзадрема́ть zadremátʹ
Tiếng Việtngủ gật

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@misc{doze_off_2026,
  title = {doze off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doze%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}