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sleepyhead

US/ˈslipiˌhɛd/

sleepyhead noun: a sleepy person.

Noun

sleepyhead (plural sleepyheads)

  1. (informal) A sleepy person.
    • Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
    • Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring1947, Willard Robison, “Don't Smoke in Bed”, performed by Peggy Lee
  2. The ruddy duck.

sleepyhead meaning in Sinhala and Tagalog

sleepyhead in Sinhala

sleepy person
නිදිකුම්බා nidikumbā

sleepyhead in Tagalog

sleepy person
antukin

Examples of sleepyhead in a sentence

  • It consists in asking each sleepyhead in turn which 10 characters, historical or fictional, he would choose to be stranded with on a desert island.1966 September 23, Ogden Nash, “Book Review: A Precious String of Perelman Pearls: Chicken Inspector No. 23 by S. I. Perelman”, in LIFE...
  • “Why, yes,” said Augustus, “the birds seem to be the first ones up each morning, awakening the sleepyheads.”2007, Jefffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 33:

Forms of sleepyhead

pluralsleepyheads
alternative formsleepy head

Origin of sleepyhead

From sleepy + head.

Words formed from sleepyhead

Questions about sleepyhead

What does sleepyhead mean?
Sleepyhead means a sleepy person.
What is sleepyhead in Sinhala?
Sleepyhead in Sinhala is නිදිකුම්බා (nidikumbā). See Sleepyhead meaning in Sinhala.
How do you use sleepyhead in a sentence?
It consists in asking each sleepyhead in turn which 10 characters, historical or fictional, he would choose to be stranded with on a desert island.
What part of speech is sleepyhead?
Sleepyhead is a noun.
How do you pronounce sleepyhead?
Sleepyhead is pronounced /ˈslipiˌhɛd/ (US).
What is the plural of sleepyhead?
The plural of sleepyhead is sleepyheads.

Words near sleepyhead in the dictionary

  1. sleepy sickness
  2. sleepy underwing
  3. sleepy-bye
  4. sleepy-byes
  5. sleepy-dust
  6. sleepyhead
  7. sleepyheads
  8. sleepytime
  9. sleepytimes
  10. sleer
  11. sleered

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