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A short nap is referred to as 40 winks.

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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


How many 'winks' are said to be in a short map?

A short nap typically lasts around 10 to 30 minutes, which would translate to about 15 to 90 minutes of sleep cycles. In this time, a person may experience around 1-2 cycles of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, where dreams occur and the eyes may exhibit movements similar to winking. Thus, it's possible to have a few "winks" during a short nap.


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.


What does Bat your eyelids forty times idiom?

Never heard of that one, but we say "take forty winks" to mean have a little nap.