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sleep funny

sleep funny verb: to sleep in a position resulting in muscle or joint pain upon waking.

Verb

sleep funny (third-person singular simple present sleeps funny, present participle sleeping funny, simple past and past participle slept funny)

  1. (idiomatic) To sleep in a position resulting in muscle or joint pain upon waking.
    • My back hurts this morning; I must have slept funny.

Forms of sleep funny

third-person singular presentsleeps funny
present participlesleeping funny
past participleslept funny
pastslept funny

Origin of sleep funny

From sleep (verb) + funny (adverb).

Questions about sleep funny

What does sleep funny mean?
Sleep funny means to sleep in a position resulting in muscle or joint pain upon waking.
What part of speech is sleep funny?
Sleep funny is a verb.
What is the past tense of sleep funny?
The past tense of sleep funny is slept funny.

Words near sleep funny in the dictionary

  1. sleep divorce
  2. sleep divorces
  3. sleep easy
  4. sleep flower
  5. sleep flowers
  6. sleep funny
  7. sleep hygiene
  8. sleep in
  9. sleep in heavenly peace
  10. sleep in with
  11. sleep inertia

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