Snoozer

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who snoozes; a sleeper.
  2. 2
    Something that is boring, uninteresting or unremarkable; something that would tend to induce sleep. colloquial

    "The program is usually pretty good, but last Wednesday's episode was a real snoozer."

  3. 3
    A thief who steals from hotel rooms while staying as a hotel guest. UK, obsolete

    "[…] a "snoozer," or one of those thieves who take up their quarters at hotels […]"

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Example

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"The program is usually pretty good, but last Wednesday's episode was a real snoozer."

Etymology

From snooze + -er.

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