A gentle sleep or slumber; a light doze. Also attributive.

A closing of the eyes for sleep; a (short) spell of sleep, a nap. rare except as in 1b 1c.

A short or light sleep, esp. one taken during the day; a snooze.

A period or occasion of sleep or repose; frequently, a light or short sleep.

= dogsleep, n.

Light or fitful sleep, easily interrupted; an instance of this. Cf. catnap n. at cat, n.1 compounds 3.

(not) to sleep aor one wink, (not) a wink of sleep, etc.

A fit of dozing; a short slumber.

colloquial. A sleep; a nap, a doze.

esp. A short spell of sleep or slumber.

forty winks: a very brief sleep, a short nap. colloquial.

A small amount or short period of sleep. Cf. wink, n.1 1.

Chewing snuff, esp. taken by loggers. Also figurative.

A short sleep or ‘nap’.

colloquial (chiefly British). A short sleep, a nap. Cf. Z, n. 4b.