cry it out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Of a baby: to be left alone to cry until falling asleep (recommended in some approaches to parenting).
Example Sentences
- "The same rules for maintaining sleep should be used for autistic children as for typical children—short interventions that are not repeated, and a period in which the child “cries it out.”"
- "Clearly, crying it out is too brutal, and no-cry sleep solutions are too slow; the only ideal way to deal with sleep problems is to avoid them in the first place."