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[ wingk ] SHOW IPA
/ wɪŋk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object) to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
to close and open one eye quickly as a hint or signal or with some sly meaning (often followed by at ): She winked at him across the room.
(of the eyes) to close and open thus; blink.
to shine with little flashes of light; twinkle: The city lights winked in the distance.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to close and open (one or both eyes) quickly; execute or give (a wink).
to drive or force by winking (usually followed by back or away ): She attempted to wink back the tears.
to signal or convey by a wink.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun an act of winking.
a winking movement, especially of one eye in giving a hint or signal.
a hint or signal given by winking.
the time required for winking once; an instant or twinkling: I'll be there in a wink.
a little flash of light; twinkle.
the least bit: I didn't sleep a wink last night.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Verb Phrases wink at, to ignore deliberately, as to avoid the necessity of taking action:to wink at minor offenses.
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Origin of wink 1 First recorded before 900; (verb) Middle English winken, Old English wincian; cognate with German winken “to wave, signal”; (noun) Middle English: “nap”, derivative of the verb
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synonym study for wink 1 . Wink, blink refer to rapid motions of the eyelid. To wink is to close and open either one or both eyelids with a rapid motion. To blink suggests a sleepy, dazed, or dazzled condition in which it is difficult to focus the eyes or see clearly: Bright sun makes one blink.
OTHER WORDS FROM wink wink·ing·ly, adverb un·wink·ing, adjective Words nearby wink wing-weary, wingy, win hands down, Winifred, Winiwarter-Buerger disease, wink , wink at, Winkelried, winker, winkle, winkle-pickers
Definition for wink (2 of 2) [ wingk ] SHOW IPA
/ wɪŋk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Games . a disk or similar small object used in tiddlywinks.
Origin of wink 2 First recorded in 1890–95; extracted from tiddlywinks
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Example sentences from the Web for wink It was another of the nudge, nudge, wink , wink jokes that summed up the entire enterprise.
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And we also have to be careful to not do it in a way that feels cheap or just a wink .
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In the back of a limo, wearing a plaid blazer, Quast raises his drink and says with a wink , “you stay classy, Iowa.”
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And history itself offers both a lesson and a wink and a nod to the idea.
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She sat up beside her mother and looked at the minister almost all the time; but sometimes she had to wink hard to keep awake.
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It would have been too terrible—I couldn't have slept a wink from awe.
Anne Of The Island | Lucy Maud Montgomery
Apparently Judge Dunder had in this case resolved to wink a little at chicane and decide for justice in the broader sense.
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Do you wish me to dream all night, and disturb Mrs. Mole, and not to get a wink of sleep?
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Just give me a wink , lad, if you had a finger in the matter.
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British Dictionary definitions for wink (1 of 2) verb (intr) to close and open one eye quickly, deliberately, or in an exaggerated fashion to convey friendliness, etc
to close and open (an eye or the eyes) momentarily
(tr; foll by away, back, etc ) to force away (tears, etc) by winking
(tr) to signal with a wink
(intr) (of a light) to gleam or flash intermittently
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a winking movement, esp one conveying a signal, etc, or such a signal
an interrupted flashing of light
a brief moment of time; instant
informal the smallest amount, esp of sleep See also forty winks
tip the wink British informal to give a hint
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for wink Old English wincian; related to Old Saxon wincon, Old High German winchan, German winken to wave. See wench , winch
British Dictionary definitions for wink (2 of 2) noun a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks
Word Origin for wink C20: shortened from tiddlywinks
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Idioms and Phrases with wink In addition to the idiom beginning with wink
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forty winks quick as a wink sleep a wink SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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Words related to wink gleam, glimmer, twinkle, nictitate, flash, bat, blink, sparkle, glitter, squint, squinch, instant, twinkling, jiffy, second, shake, minute, split second
Medical definitions for wink v. To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal, or suggestion.
To close and open the eyelids of both eyes; blink.
n. A quick closing and opening of the eyelids; a blink.
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