- shut-eye
- {n.}, {slang} Sleep. * /It's very late. We'd better get some shut-eye./ * /I'm going to get some shut-eye before the game./ Compare: FORTY WINKS.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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shut-eye — (n.) colloquial for sleep, 1899, from SHUT (Cf. shut) (v.) + EYE (Cf. eye) (n.). Andersen s Ole Shut eye about a being who makes children sleepy, came out 1842; The Shut Eye Train popular children s poem by Eugene Field, is from 1896 … Etymology dictionary
shut-eye — n [U] informal sleep ▪ We d better get some shut eye … Dictionary of contemporary English
shut-eye — [shutī΄] n. Slang sleep * * * … Universalium
shut-eye — shut ,eye noun uncount INFORMAL sleep … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shut-eye — ► NOUN informal ▪ sleep … English terms dictionary
shut-eye — [shutī΄] n. Slang sleep … English World dictionary
shut-eye — {n.}, {slang} Sleep. * /It s very late. We d better get some shut eye./ * /I m going to get some shut eye before the game./ Compare: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
shut-eye — noun slang Sleep. It s very late. We d better get some shut eye. I m going to get some shut eye before the game. Compare: forty winks … Словарь американских идиом
shut-eye — also shuteye N UNCOUNT Shut eye is sleep. [INFORMAL] Go home and get some shut eye, Craig. Syn: sleep … English dictionary
shut-eye — n. sleep. □ It’s about time to get some shut eye. □ I could use about another hour of shut eye … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
