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FORTY WINKS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
Synonyms:
catnap; forty winks; light sleep; nap; short sleep; snooze
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forty winks" is a kind of...):
sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forty winks"):
siesta (a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries))
zizz (a nap)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
