toss and turn en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(intransitive) To be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position.
I didn't get a wink of sleep. I was tossing and turning all night long.
for, after tossing and turning the greatest part of the night, and tormenting myself with the falsest notions and apprehensions of things, I fell, through mere fatigue, into a kind of delirious doze
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tossing and turning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tossed and turned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tossed and turned | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tosses and turns | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
mi okeoke (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · ca remenar-se (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es escrucarse (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es pasar la noche en dormivela (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es retorcerse (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · ru воро́чаться (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · ru поворо́чаться (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · syl ꠌꠣꠐꠤꠀꠘꠤ (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es dar vueltas en la cama (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · sv vrida och vända (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · nl woelen (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es rodar (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es pasar la noche en duermevela (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es rolar (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · is bylta sér (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position) · es revolverse (be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position)