sleepy sand

noun

Sleep (rheum around the eyes).

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Meanings

nounsleepy sand (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSleep (rheum around the eyes).

    Sleep in your eyes, sleep crust, sand, eye gunk—whatever you call it, we all get it—that crusty stuff in the corners of your eyes when you wake up in the morning. "The medical term is 'rheum,' though you rarely hear it used," […]

    2018 January 3, Moran Eye Center, “Is That Morning 'Eye Gunk' Normal?”, in HealthFeed Blog, University of Utah Hospital, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2020
  2. uncountablefictionThe sand or dust that the Sandman throws in people's eyes.
  3. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleepy, sand.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sleepsnooze
Cite this entry
APA

sleepy sand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepy%20sand

MLA

“sleepy sand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepy%20sand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleepy sand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepy%20sand.

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