shut-eye

See also: shuteye

English

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Etymology

From shut +‎ eye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʌtaɪ/
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Noun

shut-eye (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Sleep.
    Synonyms: forty winks, nap, snooze; see also Thesaurus:shut-eye
    • 2008, William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone, Preachers Showdown‎[1], Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 172:
      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.
    • 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[2], →ISSN:
      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.

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