Shuteye British old-fashioned informal noun
To sleep.
Man, I really need to get some shuteye now. I've been awake for almost 2 days.
Hey, don't stay up late! Try to get some shuteye. We have to move early tomorrow.
To get some sleep
1. To help someone prepare to get into bed, especially kids
2. To finish something or some first preparatory steps
3. To stop discussing, considering, or focusing on something
To indicate the act of taking a short sleep.
A term used (usually in the military) to indicate sleep.
1. Used to describe a nasty substance, such as dirt between the toes.
2. Valueless.
3. To stop working.
4. To sleep.
This noun appeared in Hans Christian Andersen's 1842 literary Ole Shut-eye. The literary is about a being who makes children sleepy.
A way of saying that something never or unlikely happens
It'll be a cold day in July when I can speak fluently Spanish.