A sleep-assisting nutrient dat produces some majorly-wilddreams when you doze off.
Using triptophan as a snoozing-aid might indeed be entertaining for someone who feels bored and stir-crazy while lying in bed, but it's doubtful dat all of da resulting frenzied brain-activity would really make said "howling adventures" slumber be truly all dat restful.
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand