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SHUT-EYE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shut-eye mean?
• SHUT-EYE (noun)
The noun SHUT-EYE has 1 sense:
1. informal term for sleep
Familiarity information: SHUT-EYE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal term for sleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
shut-eye; shuteye
Hypernyms ("shut-eye" is a kind of...):
sleep; slumber (a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended)
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