Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sleeping pill
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I tell her I am tired and giddy from last night's sleeping pill.
▪ Nigel was given a sleeping pill and some cocoa before he went to bed.
Wiktionary
sleeping pill
n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.
WordNet
sleeping pill
n. a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) [syn: sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught]
Usage examples of "sleeping pill".
Had Cowlings accepted the sleeping pill in the hopes of a brief respite?
I tapped a few pills into my palm, painkiller, tranquilizer, sleeping pill, painkiller, tranquilizer, sleeping pill.
Ordinarily, when I come home and find her like that, I just tap her out with a sleeping pill-I know you don't like the idea, Dr.