not sleep a wink

not to sleep at all. I couldn't sleep a wink last night. Ann hasn't been able to sleep a wink for a week.

to not sleep at all I was so excited about our trip that I didn't sleep a wink last night.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms not get a wink of sleep or not have a wink of sleep: Poor Henry didn't get a wink of sleep on the plane.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mooney	['mu:ni]
Oziel	-	Biblical Greek
Sergius	-	Ancient Roman
Phyliss	FIL-is	English
Maja (2)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Vercingetorix	wer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)	Ancient Celtic