What does sleepy head mean?
Sleepy head means (informal) A sleepy person..
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/ˈslipiˌhɛd/ · noun
(informal) A sleepy person..
Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring
It consists in asking each sleepyhead in turn which 10 characters, historical or fictional, he would choose to be stranded with on a desert island.
The following morning, Liz had to come and shake David awake. “Hey, sleepyhead, rise and shine. I've been tapping your door for the past ten minutes. Aren't you going to college today?”
“Why, yes,” said Augustus, “the birds seem to be the first ones up each morning, awakening the sleepyheads.”
Use sleepy head when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sleepy head means (informal) A sleepy person..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.
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