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Meaning of sleepyhead | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈslipiˌhɛd

Definitions

A sleepy person.
informal
The ruddy duck.

Equivalents

Беларуская Со́ня

Bosanski spavalica spavalo спавалица спавало

Čeština ospalec spáč

Deutsch Schlafhaube Schlafmütze Siebenschläfer

Ελληνικά υπναράς

Español dormilón dormilona modorró

Suomi kuparisorsa unikeko

Français endormi endormie

Gaeilge codlatán

Galego durmiñón

Hrvatski spavalica spavalo спавалица спавало

Magyar álomszuszék

Bahasa Indonesia ketidur-tiduran penidur

Íslenska svefnpurka

Italiano dormiglione

日本語寝坊助

한국어 잠꾸러기

Kurdî miskîn miskîn

Кыргызча уйкучу

Nederlands slaapkop

Polski śpioch śpioszka

Português dorminhoca dorminhoco

Русский дры́хля дрыхня́ дрыху́н дрыху́нья засо́нька засо́ня со́нька соня

Српски spavalica spavalo спавалица спавало

Svenska sjusovare sömntuta

Tagalog antukin

Türkçe miskin uykucu

Українська сонько́ соня

Examples

“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.””

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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