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sleep tight

sleep tight phrase: if one keeps oneself tightly bundled one will sleep warm and rest well.

Phrase

sleep tight

  1. If one keeps oneself tightly bundled one will sleep warm and rest well.
    • Sleep tight! Don't let the bedbugs bite!

Interjection

  1. A farewell said shortly before going to bed; usually said between family members or good friends.
    • "Thank you for washing the dishes."
      "Goodnight, Mr Smith.
      "Goodnight, Miss Martin. Sleep tight."
      Miss Martin's door closes. Hear her light switch on.
      Smith locking latches on doors and windows. Turning off the faint music on the vast radio. The light out under Miss Martin's door.1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 138, 139
    Synonyms:
    sleep well

sleep tight meaning in Tamil

sleep tight in Tamil

ஆழ்துயில்

Synonyms of sleep tight

Origin of sleep tight

The word tight is sometimes explained as here meaning “well, soundly”. However, it can just as well be interpreted in its literal sense of “firm, fast”; compare fast asleep.

Questions about sleep tight

What does sleep tight mean?
Sleep tight means if one keeps oneself tightly bundled one will sleep warm and rest well.
What is sleep tight in Tamil?
Sleep tight in Tamil is ஆழ்துயில். See Sleep tight meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sleep tight?
Sleep tight can be a phrase or an interjection.

Words near sleep tight in the dictionary

  1. sleep talked
  2. sleep talking
  3. sleep talks
  4. sleep terror
  5. sleep terrors
  6. sleep tight
  7. sleep together
  8. sleep twitch
  9. sleep twitches
  10. sleep under the same bridge
  11. sleep well

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sleep tight (page history and authors); sleep tight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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