Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hit the sheets

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: hit the sheets
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Slang

verb

Slang

Example Sentences

"From the moment I landed, Étienne oozed a sexual dominance that had me quite literally oozing in turn during our first kiss in the airport as he held me against him, his hand strong and powerful on my lower back. For the next three days, I found myself beautifully and irresistibly dominated by him every time we hit the sheets, which was often."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

hits the sheets (present, singular) hitting the sheets (participle, present)

Synonyms

couch a hogshead go to bed go to sleep bed down hit the hay hit the sack retire seek one's virtuous couch turn in turn into a pumpkin approach cohabit

Questions

What does hit the sheets mean?: To go to bed.

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