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Definition of Doze off
1. Verb. Change from a waking to a sleeping state. "He always falls asleep during lectures"
Specialized synonyms: Zonk Out
Antonyms: Wake Up
Definition of Doze off
1. Verb. To fall asleep unintentionally ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doze Off
Literary usage of Doze off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Neurological Diagnosis by George Arthur Waterman, James Jackson Putnam (1902)
"suddenly to doze off, and did not respond to questions. The muscles of the jaw
and left arm became rigid. For a few moments her breathing seemed to be ..."
2. Brief Literary Criticisms by Richard Holt Hutton (1906)
"... his highly compressed and often merely hinted drift; and then, in spite of
the vigorous jolts which he administers to the imagination, we may doze off, ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... doze off (to sleep), go off into a doze: get to sleep; nukahdin pitkään I took
a long nap: - h*tkin*n take a little nap, have a wink of sleep; ..."
4. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Heanry Vizetelly (1879)
"There were at least half-a-dozen more who seemed inclined to doze off, but the
remaining twenty sat silent and motionless, ..."
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