Home › Words › S › sleepyheadsleepyhead/ˈslipiˌhɛd/sleepyhead means A sleepy person.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sleepyhead ranks #2,392 of 42,791 for Qualifying.sleepyhead is pronounced /ˈslipiˌhɛd/.EtymologyFrom sleepy + head.nounA sleepy person.e.g.“Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.”The ruddy duck.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).