Dogsleep
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dogsleep is a noun meaning Light or fitful sleep; a nap that is easily interrupted.
Meaning
Light or fitful sleep; a nap that is easily interrupted.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Feigned sleep.
Example Sentences
[M]any of the convicts made up for their lack of rest by snatching a dog-sleep in the bared bunks.
Juvenal, indeed, mentions a drowsy husband, who raised an estate by snoring, but then he is represented to have slept what the common people call dog's sleep
This was Gabriel Varden's state as, nodding in his dog sleep, and leaving his horse to pursue a road with which he was well acquainted, he got over the ground unconsciously, and drew nearer and nearer home.
Word Forms
- dog-sleep
- dog sleep
- dog's sleep
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shut-eye, sleepy-byes, sleepy-bye, zzzs, sleep, eyeful.
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