0
A short nap is referred to as 40 winks.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago40
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How many winks are said in a short nap?
40
How many winks in a short nap?
Forty
How much time is 40 winks?
40 winks is an expression. It refers to a short nap.
What A short sleep during the day?
It's a nap. Some people refer to them as catnaps if they are really really short, but the more common word in just nap.
What does it mean to have forty winks?
It is just a short, light sleep, a cat nap or a snooze
What does forty winks mean?
It's slang for a nap or short sleep - as if you were just winking your eyes instead of sleeping.
What is the origin of the idiom forty winks?
A person that didn't sleep a wink is someone who got almost no sleep at all, and to catch 40 winks is to catch a very brief but refreshing nap. The number 40 has a wide range of citations in the Bible and may have some application to this expression.
What does Catch 40 winks mean?
The term 'catch 40 winks' means catching 40 minutes of sleep (a nap.)
40 w is a q n?
40 Winks is a Quick Nap
What does the idiom snatch a few winks mean?
If someone says the phrase "I think I'll snatch a few winks, it means that the person is going to have a quick nap or snooze.
Is nap a long or short vowel sound?
Dose Nap have a short a sound
What synonym does you dictionary provide for nap?
Doze, siesta, forty winks … [ It may have been quicker to look it up than to ask.]
