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sleeping pill

sleeping pill noun: a pill or tablet having a soporific effect.

Noun

sleeping pill (plural sleeping pills)

  1. A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.
    • You are my favorite sleeping pill
      The secret bending of my waking will.
      You bring me peace, you bring me rest.
      Your gentle presence leaves me blest.1979 April 28, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower”, in Gay Community News, page 22
    • It was a little past ten that night when his nurse, Sylvia of the Bedpans, came tiptoeing in with sleeping pills on a little tray and told him that his friend, Detective Leary, had just been delivered to the emergency room in a meat wagon.2012, Thomas Gifford, Kiss Me Once, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    sleeping tablet

sleeping pill meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Thai

sleeping pill in Tamil

தூக்க மாத்திரை

sleeping pill in Tagalog

a pill having a soporific effect
tabletang pampatulog

sleeping pill in Arabic

a pill having a soporific effect
مُنَوِّم munawwim

sleeping pill in Thai

a pill having a soporific effect
ยานอนหลับ yaa-nɔɔn-làp

Synonyms of sleeping pill

Forms of sleeping pill

pluralsleeping pills

Questions about sleeping pill

What does sleeping pill mean?
Sleeping pill means a pill or tablet having a soporific effect.
What is sleeping pill in Tamil?
Sleeping pill in Tamil is தூக்க மாத்திரை. See Sleeping pill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sleeping pill?
Sleeping pill is a noun.
What is the plural of sleeping pill?
The plural of sleeping pill is sleeping pills.

Words near sleeping pill in the dictionary

  1. sleeping over
  2. sleeping pad
  3. sleeping pads
  4. sleeping partner
  5. sleeping partners
  6. sleeping pill
  7. sleeping pills
  8. sleeping policeman
  9. sleeping policemen
  10. sleeping power
  11. sleeping powers

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