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shuteye

 
Dictionary: shut·eye   (shŭt'ī') pronunciation

n. Slang
Sleep.


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noun

    The natural recurring condition of suspended consciousness by which the body rests: sleep, slumber. Idioms: land of Nod, the arms of Morpheus. See awareness/unawareness.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: informal term for sleep


Wikipedia: Shut eye
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In the lingo of stage magicians, illusionists, and mentalists, a shut eye is a performer who becomes so adept at the illusion of mind reading that the performer comes to believe that he or she actually possesses psychic powers.

The term was by film director Orson Welles, a gifted magician, who feared that he would fall victim to the delusion.[1]

References

  1. ^ Orson Welles on Cold Reading (from an interview with David Frost recorded on the 5th December 1970)

Translations: Shut-eye
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lur, en på øjet

Français (French)
n. - roupillon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nickerchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) υπνάκος

Italiano (Italian)
pisolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - soneca (f)

Русский (Russian)
сон

Español (Spanish)
n. - cabezada, siesta, sueñito

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sömn

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
一觉, 睡眠

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一覺, 睡眠

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수면, 무의식, 인사 불성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 眠り, うたた寝, 無意識, 泥酔, 睡眠

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שינה, תנומה‬


 
 
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