"sleep funny" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sleeps funny [present, singular, third-person], sleeping funny [participle, present], slept funny [participle, past], slept funny [past]
Etymology: From sleep (verb) + funny (adverb) Etymology templates: {{m|en|sleep|pos=verb}} sleep (verb), {{m|en|funny|pos=adverb}} funny (adverb) Head templates: {{en-verb|sleep<,,slept> funny}} sleep funny (third-person singular simple present sleeps funny, present participle sleeping funny, simple past and past participle slept funny)
  1. (idiomatic) To sleep in a position resulting in muscle or joint pain upon waking. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep Translations (to sleep in an uncomfortable position): sich verlegen (German)

Inflected forms

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