sleeping pill meaning

Definition of sleeping pill

1. a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

   Synonyms: sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught

   Type of: soporific, pill

sleeping pill in a sentence

• Doctors have offered me nothing but sleeping pills.
• Dalida died from an overdose of sleeping pills.
• A clean conscience is the best sleeping pill.
• I took a sleeping pill last night.
• Maria tried to kill herself with sleeping pills.

How to pronounce sleeping pill

sleeping pill is pronounced /ˈsliːpɪŋ pɪl/ in British English and /ˈslipɪŋ pɪl/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.