snooze button
Nine more minutes
A snooze button is a control on an alarm clock that temporarily silences the alarm and resets it to sound again after a short interval, typically nine minutes.
Hitting the snooze button has become shorthand for postponing any unwelcome task or responsibility: Congress hit the snooze button on the debt ceiling again.
The verb snooze alone can carry this meaning: I snoozed my morning meeting.
- five more minutesRequested delay before waking
- alarm clockTimed sleep-ender
- oversleepingSlumbering past intended time
- clockDevice displaying time
- wake-up callJolt into awareness
heavy sleeper · clock radio · alarm · sleep inertia · sleep cycle · pause · delay · decision fatigue · alarm fatigue · nap · bedtime · avoidance behavior · slumber · rest · mornings · getting up · procrastination · bad habit
- buttonsfast forward, push to talk, remote control, volume control, metal buttons
- wake-up devicesalarm clock, clock radio, travel alarm, smart alarm, phone alarm
- clock controlshour hand, minute hand, second hand, crown, winder
- clock featuresdigital displays, time zones, quartz movement
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
snooze buttoncold shower
Unwelcome sobering experience
early riser · morning person · self-discipline · carpe diem · punctuality