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1 forty
['fo:ti] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 40.) štirideset2) (the age of 40.) štirideset let2. adjective1) (40 in number.) štirideset2) (aged 40.) štiridesetleten•- forties- fortieth
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- forty-year-old
- forty winks* * *I [fɔ:ti]numeral adjective štiridesetcolloquially to have forty winks — zakinkatiII [fɔ:ti]nounštirideseta leta (starosti)the roaring forties — viharni pas na Atlantiku (39-40° sev. širine) -
2 wink
[wiŋk] 1. verb1) (to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc: He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.') pomežikniti2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) migotati2. noun(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) mežikanje* * *I [wiŋk]nounmežikanje; colloquially mižanje; migljanje; trenutek, hipforty winks colloquially kratko spanjein a wink — v hipu, kot bi trenilto give the wink to s.o. — pomežikniti komuto tip s.o. a wink — namigniti komu, dati komu (svarilen) znakII [wiŋk]transitive verbizraziti (privolitev) s pomežikanjem; hitro zapreti in odpreti (oči); zadrževati; intransitive verb treniti z očmi, (za)mežikati, zamižati, zatisniti oči, eno oko (at ob), ne hoteti videti, namenoma biti slep, ignorirati; migljati, migotatito wink at s.o. — pomežikniti komu
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forty winks — If you have forty winks, you have a short sleep or rest, generally during the day. Dad likes to have forty winks after a game of golf … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Forty winks — is an English idiomatic noun that can be used in the singular or plural and means: to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed),cite web | url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forty%20winks| title = WordNet Search 3.0| … Wikipedia
forty winks — {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks./ Compare: SHUT EYE … Dictionary of American idioms
forty winks — {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks./ Compare: SHUT EYE … Dictionary of American idioms
forty winks — n. a nap; sleep. (Usually with a quantifier. Either forty or some, a few, a bunch of, etc.) □ I could use forty winks before I have to get to work. □ I need forty winks before I get started again … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
take forty winks — If you take 40 winks, you have a short sleep … The small dictionary of idiomes
Catch forty winks — have a short sleep … Dictionary of Australian slang
Grab forty winks — have a short nap … Dictionary of Australian slang
forty — O.E. feowertig, from feower four (see FOUR (Cf. four)) + tig group of ten (see TY (Cf. ty) (1)). Cf. O.S. fiwartig, O.Fris. fiuwertich, Du. veertig, O.H.G. fiorzug, Ger. vierzig, O.N … Etymology dictionary