sleepyheadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsliː.pi.hed/us/ˈsliː.pi.hed/informala person, especially a child, who is tired and looks as if they want to sleep:
[ as form of address ] Come on, sleepyhead, let's get you to bed.
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- nod
- sleep over
- sleepwalker
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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