shut-eye

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shut-eye

/ˈʃʌtaɪ/

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From shut + eye.

noun shuteye

informal, uncountable Sleep. With the night so quiet and peaceful, though, there was nothing he could do except return to camp and try to get a little shut-eye himself.
Similar: forty winks, nap, snooze, cark, doss, rest, sleep, shut-eye

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noun sleep

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@misc{shut_eye_2026,
  title = {shut-eye},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shut-eye},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}