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bed-in

bed-in noun: a form of peaceful protest in which the protester remains in bed.

bed-in: a form of peaceful protest in which the protester remains in bed
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Noun

bed-in (plural bed-ins)

  1. (historical) A form of peaceful protest in which the protester remains in bed.
    • Inside, the room was decorated with a huge mural of John and Yoko. There was a low white bed like the one they did their bed-in in.1996, Francesca Lia Block, Dragons in Manhattan

Forms of bed-in

pluralbed-ins

Origin of bed-in

From bed + -in, modelled on earlier sit-in.

Questions about bed-in

What does bed-in mean?
Bed-in means a form of peaceful protest in which the protester remains in bed.
What part of speech is bed-in?
Bed-in is a noun.
What is the plural of bed-in?
The plural of bed-in is bed-ins.

Words near bed-in in the dictionary

  1. bed-hopped
  2. bed-hopper
  3. bed-hoppers
  4. bed-hopping
  5. bed-hops
  6. bed-in
  7. bed-ins
  8. bed-jacket
  9. bed-jacketed
  10. bed-jackets
  11. bed-key

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