# Thesaurus **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309 "2016-07-19T12:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/421 "2019-11-22T13:23:07Z")
1. _Deplete_ nourishment, ingest potent alcoholic beverages and hang comfortably below the Goodyear zeppelin in breezeless weather, for in the 24-hour time full stop commencing at the instant one day ends and another begins we score a field goal with the caravansary room ice container. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/422 "2019-11-22T18:04:29Z")
1. Deplete nourishment, ingest potent alcoholic beverages and hang comfortably below the Goodyear zeppelin in breezeless weather, for existing in the 24-hour time full stop commencing at the instant one day ends and another begins we _buy drugs for_ a field goal with the caravansary room ice container. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/423 "2019-11-22T18:07:42Z")
Start the next one, **LN**? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/424 "2019-11-24T20:24:08Z")
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. 1. To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must _deliver to_ us pause. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/425 "2019-11-24T20:54:25Z")
2.To sleep, perchance to _have night time visions_ - ay, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must deliver to us pause. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/426 "2019-11-24T22:08:40Z")
3.To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - ay, there’s the _kneading_, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must deliver to us pause. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/427 "2019-11-24T23:27:34Z")
4.To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - ay, there’s the kneading, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must deliver to us _a time out_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/428 "2019-11-25T08:53:33Z")
5.To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - ay, there’s the kneading, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal _corkscrew_, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/429 "2019-11-25T14:19:26Z")
1. To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - ay, there’s the kneading, for in that _siesta_ of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal corkscrew, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/430 "2019-11-25T15:17:47Z")
1. To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - _yowzah_, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal corkscrew, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/431 "2019-11-25T15:27:06Z")
1. To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this _lethal_ corkscrew, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/432 "2019-11-25T15:55:37Z")
1. To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of _permanent cessation of function_ what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/433 "2019-11-25T20:05:17Z")
1. To sleep, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what _castles in the air_ may come when we have shuffled off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/434 "2019-11-25T21:57:19Z")
1. To _grab twenty winks_, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have shuffled off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/435 "2019-11-26T02:56:15Z")
1. To grab twenty winks, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have shuffled off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a _break in the action_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/436 "2019-11-26T07:34:31Z")
1. To _get your hands on_ twenty winks, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have shuffled off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a break in the action. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/437 "2019-11-26T09:49:06Z")
1. To get your hands on twenty winks, perchance to have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have _discombobulated_ off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a break in the action. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/438 "2019-11-26T11:07:53Z")
1. To get your hands on twenty winks, _might could_ have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have discombobulated off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a break in the action. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/439 "2019-11-26T11:41:02Z")
1. To get your _phalanges_ on twenty winks, might could have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have discombobulated off this lethal corkscrew, must deliver to us a break in the action. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309/440 "2019-11-26T13:33:00Z")
1. To get your phalanges on twenty winks, might could have night time visions - yowzah, there’s the kneading, for in that siesta of permanent cessation of function what castles in the air may come when we have discombobulated off this lethal corkscrew, must _furnish_ to us a break in the action. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thesaurus/760309.md?page=23)