This week’s theme
Tosspot words

This week’s words
spitfire
shuteye
rotgut
clutchfist
fusspot

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SHUHT-eye)

MEANING:

noun: Sleep.

ETYMOLOGY:

Describing the literal shutting of one’s eyes when sleeping. Earliest documented use: 1899.

USAGE:

“Zaifa was discreetly taking 40 winks near the edge of our boat. It was probably her first shuteye in more than 20 hours.”
Elaine Lim; An Enterprising Mother and Wife; New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Jun 13, 1998.

See more usage examples of shuteye in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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