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 Definitions of forty winks  [ˌfɔr tiˈnaɪ nər]  

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Definition of 'forty winks' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) forty winks
a short nap.

Etymology:  (1815–25)

Definition of 'forty winks' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)


Translation of 'forty winks' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a short sleep
He always has forty winks after dinner.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dutjie Arabic flag Arabic: نَوم قَصير، غَفْوَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дрямка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: soneca Czech flag Czech: šlofík, zdřímnutí German flag German: vierzigjährig
Danish flag Danish: lur Greek flag Greek: υπνάκος Spanish flag Spanish: sueñecito
Estonian flag Estonian: lühike uinak Farsi flag Farsi: چرت Finnish flag Finnish: nokkaunet
French flag French: petit somme Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְּנוּמָה קַלָה Hindi flag Hindi: हल्की निद्रा
Croatian flag Croatian: drijemati Hungarian flag Hungarian: ebéd utáni szundítás Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidur sebentar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dúr, hænublundur Italian flag Italian: sonnellino, pisolino Japanese flag Japanese: うたた寝
Korean flag Korean: 잠깐 졸음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bluosto sudėjimas, snuste Latvian flag Latvian: īsa pēcpusdienas snauda
Malay flag Malay: tidur sejenak Dutch flag Dutch: dutje Norwegian flag Norwegian: liten lur, blund
Polish flag Polish: krótka drzemka Persian flag Persian: چرت Pashto flag Pashto: چرت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: soneca Romanian flag Romanian: pui de somn Russian flag Russian: короткий сон (днём)
Slovak flag Slovak: zdriemnutie Slovenian flag Slovenian: zakinkati Serbian flag Serbian: dremka
Swedish flag Swedish: liten tupplur Thai flag Thai: การงีบหลับ Turkish flag Turkish: şekerleme, kestirme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 打盹兒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: короткий сон Urdu flag Urdu: تھوڑی دیر کے لۓ سونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chợp mắt một tí Chinese flag Chinese: 打盹儿

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