dozing

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ

Verb

dozing

  1. present participle and gerund of doze

Noun

dozing (plural dozings)

  1. A light sleep.
    • 1819, John Armstrong, Practical illustrations of typhus fever, page 32:
      The patient now lies at nights with his eye-lids half closed, in light distinct dozings, associated with moaning, frightful dreams, and startings […]
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