VERY OT: words that mean sleep

happyturkeyman · Post by **happyturkeyman** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:44 am

It's 4:41 AM here, and I'm bored. Help me think of words or phrases that imply sleep.

E.G.

Doze
Hit the sack
Curl up
Nap
Be visited by the sandman
Nod off

Edit (4:47): Get some shut-eye

Edit (5:08) starting to get light out, better go try and... uhh... you know

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:50 am

Catch some Zzzz's

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:06 am

These are two words that usually put me to sleep... John Tesh.

But this one, for obvious reasons, does the trick.... Yanni....alternate spelling: Yawn-ni.

happyturkeyman · Post by **happyturkeyman** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:11 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:These are two words that usually put me to sleep... John Tesh.

But this one, for obvious reasons, does the trick.... Yanni....alternate spelling: Yawn-ni.

I'm currently watching an infomercial for Chef Toni's (Of miracle blade perfection series fame) ultamate chopper. It's actually quite exciting. Or maybe thats the sleep deprivation. Must... go... to... bed....

Marko · Post by **Marko** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:16 am

to have a kip,
snooze,
crash out,
slumber,

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:29 am

Doss off.

Get the head down.

Hit the wooden road. (go upstairs to bed)

" Sleep,the death of each days life."
Shakespeare.
Macbeth or Hamlet.I can never remember which!

Slan,
D.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:27 am

forty winks

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:55 am

checking your eyelids for pinholes
heading to the land of nod

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:17 am

Have a conversation with Mr. Sandman

Hit the hay

Bagging zzz's

Off to dreamland

From Merriam Webster Online Thesaurus:

Entry Word: sleep
Function: noun
Text: 1 the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored <needed eight hours of sleep to function efficiently>
Synonyms ||doss, ||shut-eye, slumber; compare DOZE, NAP
Related Word repose, rest; slumberland
Idioms land of Nod, the arms of Morpheus
Contrasted Words wakefulness
2
Synonyms LETHARGY 1, coma, dullness, hebetude, languor, lassitude, slumber, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
3
Synonyms DEATH 1, curtains, decease, defunction, demise, dissolution, (the) Pale Horse, passing, quietus, silence

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:34 am

The use of a Thesaurus could be construed as cheating!

Where is you're imagination.

Slan,
D.

Post by **Dale** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:54 pm

Going into stand-by mode.
Playing dead.
Churning REMs.
Taking a break from consciousness.
Doing the no-sex horizontal.

elarwhis · Post by **elarwhis** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:01 pm

recharging the batteries

sandpiper · Post by **sandpiper** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:52 pm

cack out
drop off
crash
flop

I know there are more.... I'll think of them later, this is one of my favorite hobbies...

sandpiper

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:40 pm

knock off
Saw logs
Embrace Morpheus
Recharge the Batteries
Produce 'snoggs'
Dance with the faeries

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:30 am

-Inspecting the eyelids for holes
-Drink the dregs of Lethe's cup

(Recommended for inducing sleep:
-Winston Churchill's multivolume book of
"History of the English Speaking Peoples")