Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hit the hay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
hit the hay
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go to bed.

Slang

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

turn into a pumpkin hit the sack go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down sack out go to sleep retire

Questions

What does hit the hay mean?
To go to bed.

How to pronounce hit the hay

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