shut-eyeˈshut-eye noun [uncountable] informal 
We’d better get some shut-eye.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Well, better get some shut-eye.
THESAURUS
the natural state of resting your mind and body, when your eyes are closed and you do not notice anything happening around you: · I hardly got any sleep at all last night.· He woke suddenly from a deep sleep.
literary sleep: · She fell into an uneasy slumber.· He awoke from his slumbers.
informal especially humorous sleep: · I really need to get some shut-eye.
a period in which you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: · Edward was so tired he fell into a doze on the settee.
informal a short period when you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: · He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready.
a short sleep, especially during the day: · He’s taking a nap.· Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch.
informal a short sleep, especially during the day: · I’m just going to have forty winks.· I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We’d better get some shut-eye.
sleep: We’d better get some shut-eye. We’d better get some shut-eye.