toss and turn

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toss and turn

verb tosses and turns · tossing and turning · tossed and turned

  1. intransitive To be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position. I didn't get a wink of sleep. I was tossing and turning all night long.

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verb be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position

Españoldar vueltas en la cama, revolverse, pasar la noche en duermevela, pasar la noche en dormivela, rodar, rolar
Русскийворо́чаться voróčatʹsja, поворо́чаться povoróčatʹsja

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@misc{toss_and_turn_2026,
  title = {toss and turn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toss%20and%20turn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}