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Definition of out like a light
out like a light
adjective
- having fallen asleep quickly. Usually implies a deep sleep.
You were out like a light last night.
It takes me thirty minutes to fall asleep. But my wife's amazing. Every night, she's out like a light.
- See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.
Last edited on Oct 13 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to sleep': | |
| Definitions include: sound asleep. | |
| Definitions include: to sleep. | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep unintentionally. | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep due to drugs, especially opiates (such as heroin.) | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep. | |
| Definitions include: to be asleep, often (but not always) in a place other than one's own bed. | |
| Definitions include: a short nap. | |
| Definitions include: a short nap. | |
| Definitions include: to sleep. | |
| Definitions include: sleep. | |
| Definitions include: something boring. | |
| Definitions include: to take a nap. | |
| Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of "gooch". | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep. | |
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Other terms relating to 'a': | |
| Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: excessive. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: to play around. | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
Other terms relating to 'light': | |
| Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion). | |
| Definitions include: to imitate competitors. | |
| Definitions include: to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.) | |
| Definitions include: to approve a plan. | |
| Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts. | |
| Definitions include: erect nipples. | |
| Definitions include: it's the end / death of something. | |
| Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious. | |
| Definitions include: alive but brain-dead. | |
| Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed. | |
| Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli." | |
| Definitions include: time to go to bed. | |
| Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer. | |
Other terms relating to 'like': | |
| Definitions include: to act superior. | |
| Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink. | |
| Definitions include: to say, in reported speech or conversation. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to bleed profusely. | |
| Definitions include: to have many children. | |
| Definitions include: of a woman, to be well-endowed. | |
| Definitions include: large, muscular, and strongly built. | |
| Definitions include: to have a large penis | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "dad I'd like to fuck". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit." | |
| Definitions include: to treat a person poorly, especially when there are witness(ed). | |
| Definitions include: to drink alcohol to excess. | |
| Definitions include: to die with others in a large group, usually within a short span of time. | |
| Definitions include: This phrase means to stop something fully and finally. | |
Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: to ask a person on a date. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: See also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
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