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Definition of get forty winks
get forty winks
verb
- to take a nap.
- See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to sleep': | |
| Definitions include: sleep. | |
| Definitions include: asleep or unconscious. | |
| Definitions include: a short nap. | |
| Definitions include: something boring. | |
| Definitions include: to go home and/or go to bed. | |
| Definitions include: to sleep. | |
| Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. | |
| Definitions include: to go to bed. | |
| Definitions include: to be asleep, often (but not always) in a place other than one's own bed. | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep. | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep. | |
| Definitions include: sleep. | |
| Definitions include: sleep. | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep. | |
| Definitions include: to fall asleep due to drugs, especially opiates (such as heroin.) | |
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Other terms relating to 'forty': | |
| Definitions include: See forty. | |
| Definitions include: a hypothetical club whose members are not very "bright", meaning intelligent. | |
| Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area. | |
| Definitions include: Far away. | |
| Definitions include: a 40 ounce bottle of an alcoholic beverage. | |
| Definitions include: unattractive. | |
| Definitions include: spilling a small quantity of a beverage (usually a 40 ounce container of beer) on the ground in order to honor the deceased. | |
Other terms relating to 'get': | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen. | |
| Definitions include: "buy one get one" free. | |
| Definitions include: don't be mistaken; "believe it". | |
| Definitions include: From the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire a buzz. | |
| Definitions include: to be excited by. | |
| Definitions include: to enjoy. | |
| Definitions include: see clue. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to ingest a drug. | |
| Definitions include: start working in a company at a low level, hoping to progress from there. | |
Other terms relating to 'wink': | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: very quickly. | |
| Definitions include: sleep. | |
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