Synonyms for shut-eye


Grammar : Noun
Spell : shuht-ahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʌtˌaɪ

Top 10 synonyms for shut-eye Other synonyms for the word shut-eye

Définition of shut-eye

Origin :
  • colloquial for "sleep," 1899, from shut (v.) + eye (n.). Hans Christian 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.
  • As in slumber : noun sleep
  • As in doze : noun light sleep
Example sentences :
  • And all my shut-eye is caught on this little cot in the twilight of my NYC screen.
  • Extract from : « No Great Magic » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • I've had my jaw-tackle stowed for an hour, letting you do the shut-eye trick.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Clue » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • "And there's another reason why I want some shut-eye, too," he said.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the R.A.F » by R. Sidney Bowen
  • "Guess you and I had better get some shut-eye too, pal," Tom told Bud.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X » by Victor Appleton
  • "Shut-eye," he nodded, and turned back to his multifarious duties.
  • Extract from : « The Definite Object » by Jeffery Farnol
  • And so my little golden apple is off and away for Shut-Eye Town!
  • Extract from : « Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse » by Eugene Field
  • So step into the pretty nest, and in it speed to Shut-Eye Town.
  • Extract from : « Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse » by Eugene Field
  • A "shut-eye" sentry was on duty that morning; and the deserter's tent-mates, too, were sympathetically blind to his departure.
  • Extract from : « The adventures of Kimble Bent » by James Cowan
  • He was in fact the "shut-eye sentry" who had seen Bent steal off from the Manawapou camp in 1865.
  • Extract from : « The adventures of Kimble Bent » by James Cowan
  • The solemn rites of "shut-eye" determined that Webb was to stay and make camp while Hurley and I retraced our steps.
  • Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson

Antonyms for shut-eye

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