forty winks

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Informal A short nap.

forty winks

n (functioning as singular or plural) informal a short light sleep; nap

for′ty winks′

n. a short nap. [1815–25]

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Noun

forty winks - sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)cat sleep, catnap, short sleep, snooze, napsleeping - the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic ratesiesta - a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)zizz - a nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz"

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forty

(ˈfoːti) noun1. the number or figure 40. 四十2. the age of 40. 四十岁 adjective1. 40 in number. 四十个（人或物）的 2. aged 40. 四十岁的ˈforties noun plural1. the period of time between one's fortieth and fiftieth birthdays. 四十到四十九岁的时期，四十多岁 2. the range of temperatures between forty and fifty degrees. 四十到五十度之间的温度范围3. the period of time between the fortieth and fiftieth years of a century. 四十年代ˈfortieth noun1. one of forty equal parts. 四十分之一2. (also adjective) the last of forty (people, things etc); the next after the thirty-ninth. 第四十的forty- having forty (of something). a forty-page index. 有四十（页）的 ˈforty-year-old noun, adjective (a person or animal) that is forty years old. 四十岁（的） forty winks a short sleep. He always has forty winks after dinner.打盹儿

forty (not fourty).

wink

(wiŋk) verb1. to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc. He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.'眨眼示意2. (of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle. 闪烁 noun an act of winking. `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.眨眼forty winks a short sleep; a nap. Father often has forty winks in his armchair after lunch.小睡

forty winks

A nap or a brief sleep. When you have a baby for the first time, you are suddenly forced to learn how to operate on only forty winks at a time. I'm going to go grab a quick forty winks before everyone starts arriving for the dinner party.See also: forty, wink

forty winks

Fig. a nap; some sleep. I could use forty winks before I have to get to work. I need forty winks before I get started again.See also: forty, wink

forty winks

A brief nap, as in There's just time for forty winks before we have to leave. This expression supposedly was first recorded in 1828 and relies on wink in the sense of "sleep," a usage dating from the 14th century. See also: forty, wink

forty winks

OLD-FASHIONED, INFORMALIf you have forty winks, you have a short sleep. He always has forty winks after supper.See also: forty, wink

forty winks

a short sleep or nap, especially during the day. informal This expression dates from the early 19th century, but wink in the sense of ‘a closing of the eyes for sleep’ is found from the late 14th century.See also: forty, wink

forty ˈwinks

(informal) a short sleep, especially during the day: I managed to get forty winks after lunch.See also: forty, wink

forty winks

n. a nap; sleep. (Usually with a quantifier. Either forty or some, a few, a bunch of, etc.) I could use forty winks before I have to get to work. See also: forty, wink

forty winks

A short nap. A wink has meant a sleep since the fourteenth century, when William Langland wrote “Thenne Wakede I of my wink” (Piers Ploughman, 1377). There is an apocryphal story about the origin of forty winks, stemming from an article in Punch (1872), the English humor magazine, about the long and tedious articles of faith required for Church of England clergy (“If a man, after reading through the thirty-nine Articles, were to take forty winks . . .”). However appealing this source, the term had appeared in print nearly a half-century earlier (in Pierce Egan’s Tom and Jerry, 1828), and its true origin has apparently been lost.See also: forty, wink

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noun sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

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