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sleepies

sleepies noun: sleep (mucus in the eyes).

Noun

the sleepies pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Sleep (mucus in the eyes).
  2. (informal, plural, plural-only) Sleepiness, tiredness.

Origin of sleepies

From sleep + -ies.

Questions about sleepies

What does sleepies mean?
Sleepies means sleep (mucus in the eyes).
What part of speech is sleepies?
Sleepies is a noun.

Words near sleepies in the dictionary

  1. sleepeth
  2. sleepful
  3. sleepfully
  4. sleepfulness
  5. sleepier
  6. sleepies
  7. sleepiest
  8. sleepified
  9. sleepifies
  10. sleepify
  11. sleepifying

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