shut-eye en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈʃʌtaɪ/
Etymology
From shut + eye.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Sleep.
With the night so quiet and peaceful, though, there was nothing he could do except return to camp and try to get a little shut-eye himself.
2008, William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone, Preachers Showdown, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 172:To make matters worse, he sorely needs some shut-eye. “Not to get into it, but I’m not a great sleeper,” he says, reaching out of frame for his coffee.
2025 September 12, Ryan Gilbey, “‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – and toothache”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shuteye | alternative | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
forty winks · doze · snooze · undermeal · nooning · winks · slumber · power nap · siesta · coma · catnap · nap
Meronyms
Relateds
hiemation · hibernation · repose
Synonyms
rest · shut-eye · forty winks · nap · sleep · snooze · cark · doss
Translations (2)
de Schlaf (sleep) · bg дрямка (sleep)