The word "snooze" means to delay or postpone something, often by taking a short break. It can also refer to hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock in order to get some extra sleep before starting the day.
Usage examples
Set your alarm clock to snooze for 10 minutes to give yourself a few extra minutes of sleep in the morning.
She hit the snooze button on her phone as soon as it started ringing, wanting to catch a few more Zs before getting up.
The car's alarm went off, and I had to snooze it before it woke up the whole neighborhood.
After a long day at work, I decided to take a quick nap and set an alarm to snooze for 30 minutes.
It's better to snooze a tempting email draft before sending it, giving yourself time to reconsider and make any necessary edits.
In adult female mice, MIS can also be a perpetual snooze button for primordial follicles, Pépin and colleagues, including Mass General and Harvard pediatric surgeon Patricia Donahoe, reported in the Feb. 28 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (sciencenews.org)
I've been thinking about ways I could contain them so that when I hit snooze in the morning I don't accidentally knock them off. (simplydarrling.com)
But now I am back, I would like to kick - start this week with something that can really speed up your makeup routine, aka an extra five minutes of snooze in the morning or a quick touch up before date night, anyone? (tellmeyblog.com)