Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal One who is in need of or groggy from sleep.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An idle, lazy person.
- n. The sleepy duck.
Wiktionary
- n. A sleepy person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A sleepy person.
- n. The ruddy duck.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sleepy person
Examples
“Now it also seems to me that he who dreams is more awake than he who sleeps, and that he who spends a third part of his life in utter unconsciousness better deserves to be called a sleepyhead and dullard, than he for whom the dark nights are also vivid and rich with pulsing life.”
“[Illustration: Dorothea was a "sleepyhead"] "It's one of those awful clocks that go off every minute!" said”
“Dorothea was a "sleepyhead" and had seldom been known to get up when first awakened.”
“a Munchkin villager; Margaret Pelligrini, the "sleepyhead" Munchkin and Meinhardt Raabe, the coroner.”
““Morning, sleepyhead,” she shouts, trying to sound bright and carefree.”
““Good morning, sleepyhead,” says Amanda, from her high perch.”
““Wake up, sleepyhead,” a deep voice said softly from outside the fog.”
“Morning, sleepyhead, Alice smiled, as Tristan stirred on the next pillow.”
“She blinked her eyes open as Mom planted a kiss on her forehead and sang, “Good morning, sleepyhead!””
“The VP is not a 2 for 1 deal, and I can't imagine Obama wants the heache of dealing with the likes of McAuliffe, Ickes, Wolfson & Carville and the other Clinton leeches for 4 years. sleepyhead”
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Duck!
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, or quacks like a duck, then you should probably list it here.
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