tr.v., -sheet·ed, -sheet·ing, -sheets.
- To make (a bed) by doubling back a single sheet so that the bed looks properly made but will not allow a person to lie at full length in it.
- To short-sheet the bed of (a person) as a way of playing a trick.
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