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sleepies

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: an article of clothing functioning as nightwear
    Word History: You wear it when you sleep, so it's called sleepies!
    Example Sentence: I put on my soft, warm sleepies for bed.
    Submitted by: Jessica from Illinois, USA on 03/18/2008 08:04

sleepish

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: feeling sort of tired: feeling a bit drowsy
    Example Sentence: I am feeling sleepish after a long, hard day.
    Submitted by: Spanner from Scotland on 01/04/2011 06:01

sleepwink

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to be unable to sleep: to try but not to be able to fall asleep
    Example Sentence: I sleepwinked all night.
    Submitted by: Lauren from CA, USA on 02/04/2013 08:34

sleesh

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to walk across a surface that is half frozen
    Example Sentence: She sleeshed down the sidewalk.
    Submitted by: Morgan from Ohio on 01/31/2009 05:00

sleeynoth

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: tired but unable to sleep
    Example Sentence: I'm so sleepynoth.
    Submitted by: Linna from NY, USA on 09/12/2008 07:12

slepastmalarmissfast

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to sleep past your alarm and miss breakfast
    Word History: I made it up in drama 3 weeks ago.
    Example Sentence: I was late to school because I slepastmalarmissfasted.
    Submitted by: Hannah from Washington, U.S.A. on 10/14/2007 03:46

slerm

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to swim slowly like a jellyfish
    Example Sentence: The jellyfish loved to slerm through the ocean water.
    Submitted by: James from New Hampshire, America on 06/14/2009 01:43

slibber

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to make something slippery by slobbering on it
    Word History: slippery + slobber
    Example Sentence: The dog slibbered the rawhide bone.
    Submitted by: Anonymous from NH, USA on 01/04/2008 08:51

slicker

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to take a quick lick of a lollipop
    Example Sentence: After the girl went to the candy shop, she unwrapped the tootsie pop and slickered it.
    Submitted by: Yours from Virginia on 02/27/2008 05:40

slickery

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: very slick: likely to causing something to slip
    Example Sentence: The newly waxed dance floor was very slickery, so the dancers fell down.
    Submitted by: Firethorne from Nebraska, USA on 09/06/2011 04:50
  2. Function: adjective
    Definition: slick to the touch and very slippery
    Example Sentence: The fisherman's jacket was slickery from the oil that was spraying up from the boat motor.
    Submitted by: Hamster from AL, USA on 12/07/2010 09:24
  3. Function: adjective
    Definition: Slippery -- used when a surface or something is slippery when damp, moist or wet.
    Example Sentence: I almost fell because the floor was slickery.
    Submitted by: Anonymous from FL, USA on 08/28/2007 08:25