colloquial for "sleep," 1899, from shut (v.) + eye (n.). Hans Christian Andersen's "Ole Shut-eye," about a being who makes children sleepy, came out 1842; "The Shut-Eye Train" popular children's poem by Eugene Field, is from 1896.
shush
shut
shut up
shutdown
shute
shut-eye
shut-in
shutout
shutter
shutter-bug
shuttle
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