Definition
A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.
In Context
- "As you're so tired, why not try to catch forty winks before you leave?"
- "[…] who evidently a glutton for work, it struck him, was having a quiet forty winks for all intents and purposes on his own private account while Dublin slept."
- "Powell: I... sometimes I need a nap to get through my shift. I sneak off behind the crates to grab forty winks where the supervisor can't find me."
Also Said As
- nap
- shut-eye
- twenty winks
- cark
- doss
- rest
- sleep
- shut-eye