Usually means: Go to bed, fall asleep.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit the hay: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit the hay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit the hay: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hit the hay: Vocabulary.com
  5. hit the hay: Wiktionary
  6. hit the hay: Dictionary.com
  7. Hit the Hay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hit the hay: Rhymezone
  9. hit the hay: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hit the hay: ESL Idiom Page
  11. hit the hay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. hit the hay: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Hit the hay: Phrase Finder
  14. hit the hay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the hay: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the hay: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit the hay: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hit the hay: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  4. hit the hay: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hit the hay)

▸ verb:  (slang) To go to bed.

Similar:
sack out, hit the sack, go to sleep, kip down, go to bed, turn in, retire, crawl in, hit the sheets, hit the rack, more...

Opposite:
wake up, arise, get up

Types:
sleep, slumber, nap, rest, siesta, more...

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Similar:
sack out, hit the sack, go to sleep, kip down, go to bed, turn in, retire, crawl in, hit the sheets, hit the rack, more...

Opposite:
wake up, arise, get up

Types:
sleep, slumber, nap, rest, siesta, more...



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