Sleepy means feeling a need for
sleep
Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain Sensory nervous system, sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there is a marked decrease in muscle activity and interactions with th ...
, also known as
somnolence
Somnolence (alternatively sleepiness or drowsiness) is a state of strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (compare hypersomnia). It has distinct meanings and causes. It can refer to the usual state preceding falling aslee ...
. It may also refer to:
People
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Sleepy (rapper) (born 1984), a South Korean rapper part of the hip hop duo Untouchable
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Sleepy Bill Burns (1880–1953), American baseball player
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Sleepy Brown
Patrick Leroy "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is one-third of the Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as Outkast, Goodie Mob an ...
(born 1970), African American musician
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Sleepy John Estes
John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1900June 5, 1977),
(1899–1977), African American musician
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Sleepy Floyd
Eric Augustus "Sleepy" Floyd (born March 6, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. An NBA All-Star in 1987 as a Warrior, he is perhaps best known for his tenures for Golden State and Houston.
Early life, family and education ...
(born 1960), retired American professional basketball player
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Sleepy LaBeef (1935–2019), American rockabilly musician
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Sleepy Tripp (born 1953), American racecar driver
Arts and entertainment
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Sleepy (character), one of the dwarfs in the film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''
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''Sleepy'' (novel), by Kate Orman based on the TV series ''Doctor Who''
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"Sleepy" (short story), an 1888 story by Anton Chekhov
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Sleep disorder
A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder affecting an individual's sleep patterns, sometimes impacting physical, mental, social, and emotional functioning. Polysomnography and actigraphy are tests commonly ordered for diagnosing sle ...
, a medical disorder of the sleep patterns
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Rheum
Rheum (; from Greek language, Greek: wikt:ῥεῦμα, ῥεῦμα ''rheuma'' 'a flowing, rheum') is a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep (contrast with mucopurulent discharge).Amodio, Aime"Where ...
, the thin mucus discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth during sleep
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Sleepy Creek
Sleepy Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin, ...
, a tributary of the Potomac River, U.S.
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Sleepy Hollow (disambiguation)
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Sleepy time (disambiguation) or Sleepytime
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