forty winks forty-two • forty-year · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · forty winks · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed). Synonyms: nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · nap · · Synonym 1 catnap · · Synonym 2 cat sleep · · Synonym 3 short sleep · · Synonym 4 snooze · · Synonym 5 Characters · · space U+0020 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 k latin small letter k U+006B n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 w latin small letter w U+0077 y latin small letter y U+0079