Definition of snoozernext
as in bore
someone or something boring the supposed farce turned out to be a numbingly slow snoozer

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Recent Examples of snoozer The Super Bowl, sadly, was a snoozer. Brendan Marks, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026 This improved the snoozers’ ability to learn new information for the rest of the day, as their brain’s synapses were no longer as saturated. Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026 Powell's post-meeting news conference was, in a word, a snoozer. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026 The late afternoon trio turned into a snoozer, though. Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snoozer
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Noun
  • The show’s one and only joke is that the story is played more or less straight and true to the language of soap operas with pregnant pauses, cheesy music cues, and melodramatic reveals — which is funny for a few scenes before turning into a laughless bore.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • After the strike the fish bore away but then came topside to jump.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • More than 27,000 racers rose before dawn this morning to yawn, stretch and don their gear to take on the iconic streets of Los Angeles today during the 2026 ASICS Los Angeles Marathon.
    Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.
    Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There is classic drip coffee, cappuccinos, lattes and mochas, but also fun options like tiramisu and honey lavender lattes.
    Ella Gonzales April 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).
    Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Snoozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoozer. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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