Reverse Dictionary: (A)SLEEP

ADJECTIVES
► AKIP asleep → 1950s sl.
► A-SLEEPIED sleepy, drowsy → 1898 Eng. dial.
► BLIND TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious → 20C sl., orig. US
► BURIED IN A NAPKIN asleep, stupid → 19C sl.
► BYE-BYE unconscious or asleep; hence, dead → 1913 Amer. sl.
► CRUMPED OUT fatigued; asleep → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
► DAUMERT sleepy, silly, bewildered → 1876 Sc.
► DEAD FOR SLEEP deadly in need of sleep → 1957 Amer. dial.
► DEAD TO THE WIDE WORLD ► DEAD TO THE WORLD utterly and completely exhausted; unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus → 1899 sl.
► DEADO ► DEAD-OH deep asleep; unconscious → 1984 UK sl.
► DOPEY ► DOPY sleepy → 1932 sl., orig. US
► DORMIENT sleeping, dormant → 1643
► DORMIOUS sleepy → 1656 obs.
► DORMITARY causing sleep → 1609 obs.
► DORMITIVE sleeping through the winter → 1694 obs. rare
► DORMITORY tending to or causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy → 1631 obs.
► DOZED stupefied; drowsy, sleepy → 1659
► FAST of sleep: deep, sound, unbroken → 1592 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FATHOMS UNDER deep asleep → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FISHING nodding, asleep → 1952 Amer. dial.
► FLAKED OUT exhausted, unconscious, asleep → 1943 colloq.
► GAPESOME inclined to yawn or gape; sleepy → Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
► GAPY inclined to yawn, sleepy, listless → Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
► GONE TO THE LAND OF SHADOWS fallen asleep → B1900
► HEAVY-HEADED drowsy, sleepy → 1552
► HYPNIC of or pert. to sleep → 1886
► HYPNOPHOBIC having an extreme fear of falling asleep → 1855
► HYPNOPOMPIC that accompanies the process of awakening from sleep → a1901
► HYPNOTICAL hypnotic, inducing sleep; soporific → 1657 obs.
► IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS sleeping → 1720
► IN THE ARMS OF MURPHY asleep → 1841
► LEVISOMNOUS watchful, soon waked; light-sleeping → 1656 obs. rare
► MAFFLED half asleep, dazed → 1920 Sc.
► MAWMSEY sleepy, stupid, esp. from want of rest or from over-drinking → 1879 Eng. dial.
► NODDY sleepy with drink → 1817 Sc. 
► NODDY-HEADED sleepy-headed, dazed, as with drink → 1880 Sc. 
► OFFSHORE soundly sleeping → 1994 Amer. dial.
► ON THE GUR of a child: sleeping roughly → 1976 Ireland sl.
► ON THE NOD falling asleep, exhausted from excess of any sort → 1890 sl.
► OUT THE MONK unconscious, asleep, often from drunkenness → 1945 sl.
► OUT TO THE WIDE utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious → 20C sl., orig. US
► PEEPING drowsy, sleepy → M17
► PEEPY sleepy, drowsy→ 1847 colloq.
► PERDU sleeping or passing the night outside or out of bed → 1634 obs.
► QUIET acting or living quietly; remaining hid or secret; fast asleep → 1533 Sc. obs.
► RACKED asleep → 1975 US sl.
► RACKED OUT asleep → 1950s US sl.
► RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child → a1838 Sc.
► RATY dull, listless, sleepy → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SACKED OUT fast asleep → 1940s sl.
► SASSLE sleepy, drowsy → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SEMISOMNOUS half asleep → 1873 rare
► SLEEPERY having a tendency to sleep → 1513 obs.
► SNOOZY drowsy, sleepy, slumberous → 1877
► SOMNICULOUS inclined to sleep; drowsy, sleepy → 1656 rare
► SOMNILOQUACIOUS talking or apt to talk in sleep → 1731 rare
► SOPITIVE causing sleep → 1727 obs.
► SOPORAL pert. to sleep → 1719 obs.
► SOPORIFEROUS characterized by unnatural or excessive sleep; lethargic; said of a disease, morbid state, etc. → 1590 obs.
– causing a person to sleep → 1601
– drowsy, sleepy → 1607 obs.
► SOPORIFIC tending to induce sleep; causing a person to sleep → 1690
– drowsy, sleepy → 1841
► SOPOROUS sleep-bringing; causing a person to sleep → 1866
► SOUND of sleep: deep, heavy; unbroken or undisturbed → 1548
► STARTFUL of sleep: interrupted, fitful → 1798 obs.
► STRETCHY sleepy, languid; inclined to stretch and yawn → 1872 colloq.
► WAKEN awake; disinclined for sleep → 1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAKENSOME easily roused from sleep; sleepless → 1856 Eng. dial.
► WOOZY not fully alert and conscious; half-asleep; befuddled → 20C Amer. sl.

ADVERBS
► AT RUG asleep, in bed → E19 sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► AS MOSS CAUGHT HIS MARE, NAPPING referred to catching someone asleep, hence by surprise → c1500
► BALOO! a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! → 1724 Sc.
► BALOW! a word used in lulling children to sleep; hush! → 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DUSTMAN’S COMING,THE you are getting sleepy → 1891 colloq.
► GO TO BEO go to sleep → 1891 Eng. dial.
► MY EYES DRAWS STRAWS I am very sleepy → 1790 obs.
► PICK A SOFT PLANK! sleep easy! addressed to a young seaman sleeping on deck for the first time → M19 nautical usage

NOUNS
► ADMIRAL’S WATCH a good sleep, esp. at night; a favourable opportunity to rest → c1905 sl.
► AGGIE EYES eyes that haven’t had enough sleep → Brit. sl.
► BALALOO a lullaby; sleep → Bk1911 Sc.
► BALMY, THE sleep → M19 sl.
► BANGE a rest, a sleep → M19 Aust. sl.
► BEDDY-BYES a nursery word for sleep; also,  used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed → 1906
► BIG Zs sleep → Bk2006 US sl.
► BIRD CAGE a sleeping area in a flophouse → 1949 US sl.
► BLANKET DRILL sleep → 1922 military sl.
► BLIN’ a little sleep → Bk1911 Sc.
► BYE-BYE ► BYE-BYES a nursery word for sleep → 1867
► CAT’S SLEEP a sham sleep → 1827
► CATAPHOR a deep sleep → 1656 obs.
► CAT-NOD a short, light sleep, a nap → 1892 Eng. dial..
► CAT-SLEEP a catnap → 1837
► CAULK a short sleep → 1917 nautical sl.
► CHARPOY-BASHING sleeping; sleep → c1920 Royal Air Force sl.
► CONKOUT a going to sleep → 1940s Amer. sl.
► CRASH a place to sleep → Bk2006 US sl.
► CRASH PAD a place to sleep in an emergency or for a single night → 1967 sl.
► DOG-NAP a brief or light sleep; a short nap taken while sitting → 1835 Amer. dial.
► DOG SLEEP ► DOG’S SLEEP a light or fitful sleep, easily interrupted → 1560 obs.
► DORM sleep, slumber, a doze → 1512 obs. rare
– a place to sleep → 1900 sl.
► DORMITATION sleeping, falling asleep, drowsiness → 1564 obs.
► DORMITION a sleeping. a falling asleep → 1483
► DOSS sleep → World War I Amer. sl.
► DOVER a light or fitful sleep; a doze → E19 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DUSTMAN a personification of sleep or sleepiness; in allusion to the rubbing of the eyes as if there was dust in them → 1821 colloq.
► DUCK REST a poor night’s sleep → 1965 Barbados sl.
► ENTEETE a siesta or sleep at noon → Bk1900 Eng. dial. obs.
► EYEFUL a small amount or short period of sleep → 1860
► FLOP-UP a rest; a lie-down; a night’s sleep → 1888 Amer. dial.
► FORTY WINKS a short sleep → 1872 sl.
► FOX-SLEEP a pretended sleep → 1596
► GLIFF a short sleep, a nap → B1900 Sc.
► HARE-SLEEP a very light sleep → 1699 obs.
► HORIZONTAL EXERCISE sleep → World War I services’ colloq.
► HURDLE a pallet for sleeping → 1722 US
► HYPNOMANIA a mania for sleep → Bk1991
► HYPNOPHOBIA an extreme dread or fear of falling asleep → 1834
► HYPNOPHOBY a dread of falling asleep → 1855
► HYPOMANIA a mania for sleep → Bk1991
► KAROS heavy sleep, torpor → 1598 obs.
► KINK a usually short sleep; a nap → 1929 Amer. nautical sl.
► KIP a place to sleep → 1883
– sleep or slumber; a nap → 1893 sl.
► KIP-HOUSE a place to sleep → 1883
► KIP-SHOP a place to sleep → 1883
► MERIDIATION a sleeping at noon; a midday nap; a siesta → 1623 obs.
► MOEMOE sleep → 1938 Hawaii
► MURPHY the god of dreams, used with reference to his ability to induce dreams or sleep; sleep; a soporific substance, etc. → 1750 colloq.
► NAP a short sleep → c1696 sl.
► NAP OF SLEEP a short sleep, a doze → 1931 Amer. dial.
► NAPPISHNESS sleepiness → 1851 rare
► NINE WINKS a few minutes of sleep during the day; a very brief nap → 1823 sl.
► NOD a sleep → 1640 sl.
► OBDORMITION a falling asleep, or the condition of being asleep → 1634 obs.
► PAD MONSTER sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion → 1968 sl.
► PITCH a short sleep → 1870 sl., obs.
► RACK ATTACK the sudden onslaught of sleepiness → Bk1970 US students’ sl.
► RACK LAB a period of sleep during the day → Bk1966 US students’ sl.
► RACK MONSTER sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion → 1960s sl.
► RACK TIME sleep; a nap → 1940s sl., orig. US military
► SACK DRILL sleep; also time spent in bed → 1946 sl., orig. US services’ usage
► SACK DUTY sleep; also time spent in bed → 1946 sl., orig. US services’ usage
► SACK TIME sleep; also time spent in bed → 1944 sl., orig. US services’ usage
► SAND-MAN in nursery language: a personification of sleep or sleepiness → 1861
► SCOTCH an improvised place to sleep → 1996 Barbados
► SHUT-EYE sleep → 1896 sl.
► SIGSTER a nap; a short sleep → 1830 sl.
► SINK BEDROOM a small alcove off a kitchen where older people could sleep warmly in winter → 1949 Amer. dial.
► SKIPPER a barn, outhouse, or shed, used as a sleeping-place by vagrants → 1567 cant obs.
– an act of sleeping rough → 1935 Brit. sl.
► SLEEPY-SEEDS the mucus secretion that forms about the eyelids during sleep → L19 nursery sl.
► SMUT matter that forms in the eyes when one is sleeping → 1981 Amer. dial.
► SNOOZE a short sleep → 1793 sl.
► SNORE a bed or place to sleep, esp. a doss-house → 20C Brit. sl.
– sleep → 20C Brit. sl.
► SNOREMANS sleep → Brit. sl.
► SNORE-OFF a short sleep, esp. a nap after drinking → 1950 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
– a place to sleep → 1967 Aust. sl.
► SOG a drowsy or lethargic state; a sleep, doze, stupor → 1874 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SOMNIFERY a place of sleep → 1600 obs.
► SOPITION a putting to sleep, making inactive, drowsy, etc. → 1646 obs.
► SOPOR a deep or unnatural sleep or state of sleep → 1675
► SOPORATION a putting or lulling to sleep → 1500 obs.
► SOUND a deep or sound sleep → 1867 Eng. dial.
► SUBETH unhealthy or morbid sleep → 1398 obs.
► SWEVEN sleep → 1000 obs.
► SWEVET sleep, slumber → 1000 obs.
► SWOON a deep or sound sleep → 1590 obs.
► SWOW a state of sleep or trance → 1403 obs.
► TAMMIE NODDIE a child’s name for sleep, the sandman, Willie-winkie → 1972 Sc.
► TIGHT-EYE  sleep → 1938 Amer. dial.
► TREACLE SLEEP a deep, unbroken sleep; a sweet, refreshing sleep → 1841
► UNDERMEAL an after-dinner nap or sleep → 1426 obs.
► VESTRY the smiling of infants in their sleep → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WALNUT WHIP a sleep → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘kip’
► Z-ING snoring, sleeping → c1965 Amer. dial.
► ZIZ ► ZIZZ a short sleep → 1941 sl.
► ZIZZY a sleep, a nap, a snooze → 1945 World War II Brit. armed forces

NOUNS – PERSON
► AGGIE EYES a person who hasn’t had enough sleep → 2004 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BUNK LIZARD a chronic sleeper → World War I Amer. sl.
► DORMOUSE a sleepy or dozing person → a1568
► FUZ-CHATS those who sleep in the open air → 1909 US tramps’ sl.
► GUEST LECTURER anyone who is certain to put his audience to sleep → Bk1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl.
► HAPPY DOSSER a person who sleeps where he can → 1884 sl.
► HORIZONTAL CHAMPION one with an infinite capacity for sleep → c1930 Royal Navy sl.
► LETHARGY a lethargic or sleepy person → 1634 obs.
► MAUNDERER a grumbler; one who talks in his sleep → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► NODDY a sleepy head → 1880 Sc. 
► SACK HOUND a lazy person who is overly fond of sleep → 1959 US sl.
► SACK RAT a lazy person who is overly fond of sleep → 1947 US sl.
► SAD SNORE FROM SINGAPORE a heavy sleeper → Bk1945 jive usage
► SHACK-ROUSER ► SHACK-ROUSTER one who awakens workers from sleep → 1942 Amer. dial.
► SNORE-PIG a heavy snorer; one who grunts in his sleep → Brit. sl.
► SOPORIFIC a sleepy person → 1808
► TAMMIE NODDLE a sleepy-headed person → 1972 Sc. 
► TOP a sound sleeper → c1616 obs.
► WAKERIFE a bad sleeper → Bk1845 Sc.
► YAWNEY a stupid, lazy, sleepy person; a fool → 1876 Eng. dial. 

VERBS
► AMP to be anxious, restless; to be unable to sleep → 1914 Sc.
► ASS OUT to go to sleep → 2000s US college sl.
► BAA to lull to sleep → 1706 Sc.
► BAG IT to go to bed; to sleep → 1968 Amer. students’ sl.
► BAG to go to bed; to sleep → 1968 Amer. students’ sl.
► BAG SOME Z’S to sleep → 1963 US sl.
► BAG Z’S to nap, to sleep → 1968 US sl.
► BANGE to rest, to sleep → L19 Aust. sl.
► BAW to lull, to hush a child to sleep → 1711 Sc.
► BEAT THE SHEETS to sleep soundly → 1954 Amer. sl.
► BEE-BAW to lull to sleep; to sing a lullaby → 1849 Eng. dial.
► BE ON THE GAPE to be inclined to yaw, to be sleepy → Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
► BLIN’ to close the eyes in sleep → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLOW Z’s to sleep or nap; to snore → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOMB OUT to sleep → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUNDLE to sleep in one’s clothes on the same bed or couch with (formerly customary with persons of opposite sexes in Wales and England) → 1781
► BYSS to sing or hum children to sleep → 1440 obs.
► CACK ► CAK to fall asleep → L19 sl.
► CAP OUT to fall asleep → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► CARRY THE BANNER to walk the streets all night; to endure the hardship of loss of sleep → Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
► CATCH SOME Z’S to sleep → 1963 US sl.
► CAULK A NOD to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CAULK OFF to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed → 1939 Amer. dial.
► CLOSE ONE’S PEEPERS to go to sleep → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COLLAR A NOD to sleep, to take a nap → 1942 African-American sl.
► CONK OFF to go to sleep; to sleep → 1940s Amer. sl.
► CONK OUT to fall asleep → 1910s US sl.
► COP A NOD to have a nap, to go to sleep → 1953 US sl.
► COP A SNOOZE to have a nap, to go to sleep → 1938 US sl.
► COP SOME Zs to get some sleep → Bk2006 US sl.
► CORK DOWN ► CORK OFF to go to bed; to sleep → World War II Amer. sl.
► COUCH to lie in a place of rest; to lie at rest or in sleep → 1380 arch.
► COUCH A COD’S HEAD to lie down to sleep → 1570 sl. obs.
► COUCH A HOG’S HEAD  to lie down to sleep → 1518 sl. obs.
► CRAP OUT to sleep → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRASH to sleep → Bk2006 US sl.
► CUT SOME Zs ► CUT Z’s to sleep → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DILL to soothe; to allay, to assuage, to deaden or take away pain; to still, to deaden sound; to lull a child to sleep; to render insensible by an anaesthetic → 1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DO A KIP to sleep → 1918 Amer. sl.
► DO A SKIPPER to sleep rough → 1935 Brit. sl.
► DO THE DOWNY to lie in bed, to sleep → 1860
► DODDLE to nod the head drowsily; to become sleepy or drowsy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODGE to nod when sleepy → Bk1896 Amer. dial.
► DOSS to sleep → World War I Amer. sl.
► DOVER to slumber, to be in a state betwixt sleeping and waking; to doze → 1806 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DOW to lose brightness or freshness; to fade, to become dull or musty; to fall into a sleepy state → 1502 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DRAVEL to sleep unsoundly, to have troubled sleep → a1300 obs.
► DRAW STRAWS to show signs of sleep → 1710 sl.
► DROP OFF to go to sleep → 1820 Brit. sl.
► FALL OUT to fall asleep, often when overcome by drug consumption or excessive drinking → 1884 US sl.
– to go to sleep → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► FALL OVER to fall asleep → 1823 Sc.
► FLACK ► FLACK OUT to collapse in exhaustion; to go to sleep → Bk2006 US sl.
► FLAKE to go to sleep; to get away; to leave → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLAKE DOWN to go to bed; to go to sleep → Bk2006 US sl.
► FLAKE OUT to fall asleep → Bk1970 US sl.
► FLEMISH DOWN to lie down to sleep → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FLOP to go to sleep → 1936 UK sl.
► GAIN of sleep: to come upon a person → c1400 obs.
► GATHER STRAWS of the eyes: to be sleepy
► GET DOWN TO IT to sleep → World War I Amer. sl.
► GET SOME TIGHT-EYE to go to bed, to go to sleep  → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GET SOME Z’S to sleep → 1963 US sl.
► GO BEDDY-BYE to go to sleep → 20C juvenile sl.
► GO DODO to go to sleep, to take a nap → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GO INTO THE PEASE-FIELD to fall asleep → 1670 colloq.
► GO OFF to go to sleep → 1887 Brit. sl.
► GO TO BEE-BO to go to sleep → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► GO TO NAPPER’S HOUSE to go to sleep → 1944 Amer. dial.
► GO TO NAPPY’S HOUSE to go to sleep → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GO TO PEEPY-BY to fall asleep → 1840 colloq.
► GOBBLE FLIES when sleepy; to open one’s mouth wide and take a deep breath → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GONK to sleep → 1987 UK sl.
► GOOF OFF to go to sleep, esp. under the influence of drugs → 1940s US drug culture sl.
► HAGRIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences → 1893 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► HAVE A DOSE OF THE BALMY to sleep → M19 sl.
► HAVE FEATHERS IN THE HAIR to be sleepy → 1940 Amer. dial.
► HIT THE BAG to go to bed, to go to sleep → 1960s US sl.
► HIT THE FELT to go to sleep → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HIT THE HAY to lie down to sleep → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► HIT THE RACK to go to bed; to go to sleep → 1973 US sl.
► HIT THE TICK to go to bed, to go to sleep → 20C US sl.
► KACK to fall asleep → 1959 US sl.
► KIP ► KIPP to sleep or take a nap → 1889 sl.
– to sleep on the streets → 1970s US criminals’ & teen sl.
► KIP DOWN to prepare for sleep → Brit. sl.
► KNOCK A NOD to have a sleep → 1934 African-American sl.
► LAY ONE’S EYES TOGETHER to get to sleep → 1580 obs.
► LIB to sleep → L17 cant
► MOEMOE to sleep, to lie down → 1938 Hawaii
► NIP to sleep → 1914 Aust. sl.
► NOD to fall asleep or into a daze, esp. under the influence of a drug → 1958 drug culture sl.
► NOD OFF to fall asleep, esp. under the influence of a drug → 1945 sl.
► NOD OUT to fall asleep, esp. under the influence of a drug → c1953 Amer. sl.
► OVERLAY to oversleep → 1969 Amer. dial.
► PAD DOWN to go to sleep → 1993 US sl.
► PEEP to sleep → L17 rhyming sl.
► PICK STRAWS to show signs of sleep → 1796 sl.
► PIG TOGETHER to huddle, live, or sleep together, esp. in a crowded or disorderly way or in dirty conditions → 1637 colloq.
► PITCH to have a short sleep → 1870  sl., esp. among bakers, etc.
► PLAY POSSUM to feign sleep → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► POUND ONE’S EAR to sleep → 1894 Amer. sl.
► PUSH UP ZEDS to go to sleep → Bk1981 Aust. colloq.
► RACK to go to sleep; to sleep → 1940s sl., orig. African-American
► RACK OUT to fall asleep; to go to bed → 1960s US sl.
► READ THE PAPER to take a nap → Bk1903 sl.
► SACK to sleep; to spend the night → 1966 US sl.
► SACK DOWN to go to bed; to sleep → 1940s sl.
► SACK IN to go to bed, to sleep → 1946 US sl.
► SACK OUT to go to sleep → 1940s Amer. sl., orig. military
► SAW WOOD to sleep → 1885 US sl.
► SCLOPE to sleep → 15C obs.
► SKIPPER to sleep in the open, or in a barn, etc. → 1894 cant
► SKIPPER IT to sleep in the open, or in a barn, etc. → 1851 cant
► SLEEP FAST to sleep soundly → c1200
► SLEEP LIKE A TOP to sleep very soundly
► SLEEP ON BOTH EARS to sleep soundly, without a care → 1822
► SLEEP ON THE EAR to sleep lying on one side → a1663 obs.
► SLIP TO NOD to go to ‘the land of Nod’, to go to sleep → 1787 Sc. 
► SNAG SOME Z’s to get some sleep → Bk1966 US students’ sl.
► SNOOZE to take a brief light sleep → 1789 colloq.
► SNOOZE HARD to sleep deeply → 1995 US sl.
► SNOOZLE to nestle and sleep or doze; to nuzzle → 1831 colloq. or Eng. dial.
► SNORE OFF to sleep, or fall asleep → 1925 Aust. sl.
► SNOUSE to sleep → Bk1887 Eng. dial.
► SOPITE vb. to put or lull to sleep; to make drowsy, dull, or inactive → 1542
► SOPORATE to put or lay to sleep; to make sleepy; to stupefy → 1623 obs.
► SPINEBASH to sleep, to loaf → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► STACK ZEDS to go to sleep → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SWEVE to sleep, to sink to rest, to become quiet → 1000 obs.
► SWOTHER to sleep, to slumber; also, to swoon → 1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TAKE THE ROUND OF THE CLOCK to sleep for twelve consecutive hours → B1900 Sc.
► TAKE TWO ROWS AT A TIME to sleep very soundly; to snore → 1939 Amer. dial.
► TAWM  ► TAWM OVER to fall gently asleep → Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WELL AWAY to sleep soundly → 1927 sl.
► WITCH-RIDE to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for → 1836 Amer. dial.
► ZIZZ to sleep, to snooze, to nap → 1920 Brit. armed forces usage
► ZONK ► ZONK OUT to fall asleep, esp. as a result of drugs or drink → 1970 US sl.
► Z-OUT to go to bed, to go to sleep → 1969 Amer. dial.