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sleep-in

sleep-in noun: an instance of sleeping in, sleeping late, sleeping until one feels fully refreshed rather than rising at a prespecified time.

Noun

sleep-in (plural sleep-ins)

  1. An instance of sleeping in, sleeping late, sleeping until one feels fully refreshed rather than rising at a prespecified time.
    • I didn’t have anything to do Saturday morning, so I decided to have a sleep-in.
    Synonyms:
    lie-in

Synonyms of sleep-in

Forms of sleep-in

pluralsleep-ins

Questions about sleep-in

What does sleep-in mean?
Sleep-in means an instance of sleeping in, sleeping late, sleeping until one feels fully refreshed rather than rising at a prespecified time.
What part of speech is sleep-in?
Sleep-in is a noun.
What is the plural of sleep-in?
The plural of sleep-in is sleep-ins.

Words near sleep-in in the dictionary

  1. sleep-flowers
  2. sleep-fuck
  3. sleep-fucked
  4. sleep-fucking
  5. sleep-fucks
  6. sleep-in
  7. sleep-ins
  8. sleep-learning
  9. sleep-out
  10. sleep-outs
  11. sleep-proof

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