nod off
informal— phrasal verb with nod uk/nɒd/us/nɑːd/verb [ I or T ] -dd-
to begin sleeping, especially not intentionally:
After our busy day, we both sat and nodded off in front of the TV.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- nod
- sleep over
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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