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snooze button
noun
: a button on an alarm clock that stops and resets the alarm for a short time later to allow for more rest
called also snooze alarm
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Hitting the snooze button?
—USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
In similar circumstances the snooze button allows emails to be moved out of your inbox until a later time and date.
—Wired Insider, WIRED, 11 June 2019
Instead of scrolling through Instagram—or, admittedly, hitting the snooze button a few too many times—Vig encourages you to spend that time sprucing up your space.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
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Hitting the snooze button?
—USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
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First Known Use
1956, in the meaning defined above
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“Snooze button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snooze%20button. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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snooze button
noun
: a button on an alarm clock that stops and resets the alarm for a short time later to allow for more rest
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