English Explanatory Dictionary

count sheep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.

Pronunciation

en-au-count sheep.ogg

Word forms

count sheep counts sheep counting sheep counted sheep

Etymology

See count and sheep. Stories of counting sheep to sleep extend back to at least as early as 12th-century Spain and 13th-century Italy from prior Arab stories.

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