shuteye

Examples

• All

• That's enough shuteye!

  Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)

• Catch a little shuteye.

  Dreamcatcher (2003)

• listen, I need to get some shuteye, all right?

  Sasquatch (2002)

• Now can we get some shuteye?

  Five Came Back (1939)

• Now, let's get some shuteye.

  Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

• I'm gonna get some shuteye.

  Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

• Why don't you catch some shuteye?

  Fletch (1985)

• The baby won't come till tomorrow, so they told me to get a little shuteye.

  A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

• Look, get a couple hours of shuteye and then meet me over at Stillman's gym at 4:00.

  It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

• After a long day at work, I was ready to get some shuteye before the big meeting.

Synonyms

S

sleep

vsshuteye

178 1.0

A long time of being not active like hibernation or death

is about informal night rest rather than broad inactive states

S

shut-eye

vsshuteye

• Informal

16 7.2

A short sleep taken to rest, often at night

is written without a hyphen while keeping the same informal meaning

Antonyms

A

alertness

14 2.9

A state of being watchful and ready to notice and act on danger or problems

W

wakefulness

4 4.7

A period when you are not sleeping, often because you cannot fall asleep at night

How Long

to sleep

∞ 1.0

overnight

195 1.2

shuteye

• Informal

6 8.5

nap

371 1.0

to catnap

1 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology