forty winks plural noun (informal)

A short nap, esp after dinner

roaring forties

The tract of stormy west winds south of 40ºS latitude (occasionally also in the Atlantic north of 40ºN)

wink¹ /wingk/

1. To shut an eye briefly
2. To do this as a sign, hint or communication, eg to convey an amused understanding
3. To shut the eyes (obsolete)
4. To blink
5. To seem not to see
6. To connive (usu with at)
7. To flicker, twinkle

1. To close and open (an eye) quickly
2. To flicker
3. To express by flashlights

1. The act of winking
2. A hint conveyed, or as if conveyed, by winking
3. A blink
4. A closing of the eyes for sleep, or a short spell of sleep, as in forty winks, not sleep a wink
5. A flicker
6. A very small time or distance

winkˈer noun

1. Someone who winks
2. (usu in pl) a horse's blinker
3. An eye, eyelid or eyelash (dialect and N Am inf)
4. The nictitating membrane of a bird's eye
5. A small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, controlling variations of wind pressure
6. Either of the flashing direction indicators on a motor vehicle (informal)

winkˈing noun

The act of giving a wink

Closed, or with eyes shut, or blind

winkˈingly adverb

winkˈ-a-peep noun (dialect)

The scarlet pimpernel

easy as winking

Very easily indeed

forty winks see under forty

like winking (slang)

Very rapidly

tip someone the wink (informal)

To give someone a useful hint