verb
Meaning 1
To sleep at all.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
sleep a wink
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Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
From Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" Act III Scene IV.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: не съм мигнал (ne sǎm mignal) — Translations
- Finnish: nukkua silmällinen — Translations
- French: ne pas fermer l'œil — Translations
- German: kein Auge zutun — Translations
- German: kein Auge zumachen — Translations
- Greek: δεν έκλεισα μάτι (den ékleisa máti) — Translations
- Hungarian: egy szemhunyásnyit sem alszik — Translations
- Portuguese: não pregar olho — Translations
- Swedish: sova en blund — Translations