"hit the hay" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hit the hay.ogg Forms: hits the hay [present, singular, third-person], hitting the hay [participle, present], hit the hay [participle, past], hit the hay [past]
Etymology: A reference to how farmers tend to stuff the hay from their farms into sacks and then lie down on top of said sacks when they go to sleep. Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the hay}} hit the hay (third-person singular simple present hits the hay, present participle hitting the hay, simple past and past participle hit the hay)
  1. (slang) To go to bed. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: turn into a pumpkin, hit the sack Translations (to go to bed): clapar (Catalan), naar bed gaan (Dutch), gaan slapen (Dutch), aller dormir (French), se coucher (French), likties uz auss (Latvian), meletakkan kepala (Malay), uderzyć w kimono [perfective] (Polish), улечься на боковую (ulečʹsja na bokovuju) (Russian), planchar la oreja (Spanish), empiltrarse (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in The Sheriff's Son:",
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        "To go to bed."
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        "(slang) To go to bed."
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          "word": "turn into a pumpkin"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "clapar"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "naar bed gaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "gaan slapen"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "aller dormir"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "se coucher"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "likties uz auss"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "meletakkan kepala"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
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          "word": "uderzyć w kimono"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "ulečʹsja na bokovuju",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "улечься на боковую"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
          "word": "planchar la oreja"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to go to bed",
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      "word": "turn into a pumpkin"
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      "word": "hit the sack"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "clapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "naar bed gaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "gaan slapen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "aller dormir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "se coucher"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "likties uz auss"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "meletakkan kepala"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
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      "word": "uderzyć w kimono"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulečʹsja na bokovuju",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "улечься на боковую"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "planchar la oreja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to go to bed",
      "word": "empiltrarse"
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  "word": "hit the hay"
}

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