snooze(SLEEP)informal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
altered state of consciousness
beauty
bed
bunk
bye-byes
catch/cop/get some z'sidiom
comatose
count
crash
doss
drift off
power nap
sleep
sleeping
sleepwalk
sleepwalking
snooze
snoozing
somnambulate
your beauty sleepidiom

Examples of forty winks

forty winks
This unofficial holiday encourages you to catch fortywinks and enjoy the health and productivity benefits of napping.
From Huffington Post
Then she announced she was going to take "fortywinks," as she had been up most of the night and needed sleep.
From Project Gutenberg
Every second man was detailed to mount guard, while the remainder fought for fortywinks, then relieved guard.
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I believe it was a habit with him, for many years, thus to take "fortywinks" at the dinner-table.
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He scarcely had taken fortywinks when he heard a rat-tat-tatting on the rainbow window and a rap-rap-rapping on the rainbow door.
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I entered my stateroom, figuring on catching fortywinks, and there she was, seated in my big chair, smiling at me.
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The rest of the circus men preferred to turn over for a possible "fortywinks" more.
From Project Gutenberg
Now he was going to catch fortywinks.
From Project Gutenberg
The men tumbled down to catch fortywinks.
From Project Gutenberg
Merely taking his usual fortywinks after dinner, which repast had consisted of four beef-stews.
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The justice was having fortywinks when they entered his office.
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And in 500 days you would have got down to the classical fortywinks.
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Something has stolen that last precious "fortywinks" away from you.
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I'm going to turn in for fortywinks.
From Project Gutenberg
Yet the cool chamber into which the traveler was shown proved so restful that the "fortywinks only" which he intended were prolonged till sunset.
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