shluf

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Pronunciations

shluf (SHLUHF) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A short nap.

  • n. A deep sleep, slumber.

  • v. To take a nap, go to sleep.

Example Sentences

  • “I'm glad I could chap a shlof on the train.” (Weiser)

  • “I had too good a shlof last night to be tired today.” (Weiser)

  • "After the cholent I take such a Shlof. Ooh ahh!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שלאָפֿן shlofn 'to sleep'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      shlof, shluff, shloff

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