Definition of shut-eye

shut-eye

noun - uncountable

• sleep.

  Guys, I need to get some shut-eye.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.

  Last edited on Jul 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to sleep':
out like a light	Definitions include: having fallen asleep quickly.
kip	Definitions include: a short nap.
nod	Definitions include: to fall asleep due to drugs, especially opiates (such as heroin.)
snooze	Definitions include: something boring.
winks	Definitions include: sleep.
cat nap	Definitions include: a short nap.
crash out	Definitions include: to fall asleep.
doze off	Definitions include: to fall asleep unintentionally.
zonked out	Definitions include: asleep or unconscious.
zonked	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
get forty winks	Definitions include: to take a nap.
catch some z's	Definitions include: to sleep.
nod out	Definitions include: to fall asleep.
call it a night	Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed.
saw wood	Definitions include: to sleep.
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Other terms relating to 'eye':
an eye for the laddies	Definitions include: attracted to young males.
apple of (one's) eye	Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others.
bat an eye	Definitions include: to conspicuously notice.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
brown eye	Definitions include: the anus.
bug-eyed	Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
bum's eye	Definitions include: a metaphorical "eye" that a person with no sense of style has.
easy on the eyes	Definitions include: attractive.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
eye-bang	Definitions include: to look at a person lustfully.
eye broccoli	Definitions include: an unattractive person.
eyebrowsing	Definitions include: New technology using the movement of the eyes to browse the internet and control your computer, through a headset.
eye candy	Definitions include: an attractive person.
eye crusty	Definitions include: dried eye secretions, most commonly experienced upon waking from a night's sleep; "rheum"; "gound".
eye-f*ck	Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at.
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Other terms relating to 'shut':
proof or STFU	Definitions include: "Provide proof or STFU", i.e. "Provide proof or shut the fuck up", i.e. "Provide proof or stop talking."
put up or shut up.	Definitions include: stop talking and act.
shut down	Definitions include: Dissed.
shut it	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut (one's) ball washer	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut (one's) barn door	Definitions include: See barn door.
shut (one's) face	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut (one's) flytrap	Definitions include: to stop talking; "shut up".
shut (one's) hole	Definitions include: to shut one's hole, i.e. mouth.
shut (one's) mouth wide open	Definitions include: to stop talking.
shut (one's) pie-hole	Definitions include: to shut one's pie hole, i.e. to shut one's mouth, i.e. to stop talking; "shut up".
shut the front door	Definitions include: "shut the fuck up".
shut the f*ck up	Definitions include: shut up with "the fuck" infix intensifier.
shut the hell up	Definitions include: to shut up, i.e. stop talking.
shut up	Definitions include: to stop talking.
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