wink

[wink]

A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

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To cause (the eyes) to wink.

Noun
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Noun
closing one eye quickly as a signal

Noun
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I''d do it in a flash"

Verb
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

Verb
signal by winking; "She winked at him"

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Verb
force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

Verb
gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"

v. i.
To nod; to sleep; to nap.

v. i.
To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

v. i.
To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.

v. i.
To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

v. i.
To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.

v. i.
To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

v. t.
To cause (the eyes) to wink.

n.
The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

n.
A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

Wink

Wink, v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.]

Wink

Wink, n. 1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

I have not slept one wink.

I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink.

2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. Sir. P. Sidney.

The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down, And tips you, the freeman, a wink.

To cause (the eyes) to wink.

The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

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Usage Examples

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.