sleepyhead en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From sleepy + head.
Meanings
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(informal) A sleepy person.
The following morning, Liz had to come and shake David awake. “Hey, sleepyhead, rise and shine. I've been tapping your door for the past ten minutes. Aren't you going to college today?”
2001, Chris d'Lacey, The Fire Within, published 2011, page 185:It consists in asking each sleepyhead in turn which 10 characters, historical or fictional, he would choose to be stranded with on a desert island.
1966 September 23, Ogden Nash, “Book Review: A Precious String of Perelman Pearls: Chicken Inspector No. 23 by S. I. Perelman”, in LIFE, page 11:Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring
1947, Willard Robison, “Don't Smoke in Bed”, performed by Peggy Lee:“Why, yes,” said Augustus, “the birds seem to be the first ones up each morning, awakening the sleepyheads.”
2007, Jefffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 33:Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
- The ruddy duck.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleepy head | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sleepyheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (71)
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