sack time

1. n. a period of time spent in bed. I need more sack time than most people.

2. n. time to go to bed. Okay, gang, it’s sack time. Go home so I can get some sleep!

See also: sack, time

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with one in three adults failing to get adequate sack time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Berry Sleepy, Berry Awake debut

Rather than drive back to Cornwall after my appointment, I decided to grab some sack time at the lower East Side apartment of my youngest daughter, Kafi.

2009 Honda Pilot Touring: This SUV is no city slicker

Plot does, however, develop some interesting angles when Kopas picks up an escort girl (Melanie Laurent) and the two spend some serious sack time together.

The Killer

At first, Price admitted, he wasn't thrilled his sack time was interrupted, until he learned it could lead to another type of sack time.

UCLA FOOTBALL: PRICE CLEARED BY THE NCAA

Asked to say how much they looked forward to any of 17 activities--ranging from sleeping to completing tax forms--71 percent said they relished the thought of extra sack time.

Adults choose bed over pew

For more restful sack time, researchers suggest that you

Nothing to yawn about

You turn the MODE switch all the way clockwise to the end position and head for some serious sack time.

You gotta' know when to stop

Only 15 percent get at least eight-and-a-half hours of sack time.

let me sleep! The high school opening bell often rings before a teen's internal alarm clock does. Later start times prevent zombies in morning classes and may lead to student improvements. So why don't more schools shift their schedules? It's a matter of time, money, and grades. (National)

NEW YORK -- Sleep deprivation is a serious problem in the United States with, at least one in three adults not getting the recommended amount of sack time necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Restful sleep seen as key component of wellness

Erik himself has some simmering anger issues, and Jill is starting to fret about hubby's lack of interest in sack time.

Walk the Talk

According to researchers at three major universities, logging less than eight hours of sack time every night can lead to increased levels of ghrelin - no we're not making this up; it's a hormone that stimulates the appetite - and can lower levels of leptin, which suppresses hunger.

Sleepers, rejoice

Sleeping it off, a black bear catches some sack time in the bed of a pickup truck after being tranquilized by wildlife wardens.

'INTRUDER' TRAPPED IN GARAGE BLACK BEAR TRANQUILIZED, RETURNED TO WILD

But when Winston, whose well-spoken manner and med-school ambitions cast some suspicion on his seemingly penniless condition, suddenly gets an assistant chef job that will seriously cut into further sack time, the miffed Stella -- along with the movie -- abruptly returns to San Francisco, where she not only gets no end of lip from her two sisters, brassy ambulance driver Vanessa (Regina King) and the pregnant, more decorous Angela (Suzzanne Douglas), about her affair, but amazingly finds herself squeezed out of her job.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

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