winkverb [ I ]
uk/wɪŋk/us/wɪŋk/C2 to close one eye for a short time as a way of greeting someone or showing friendliness, sexual interest, etc., or of showing that you are not serious about something you have said:
Laura winked at me as Stephen turned his back.
For a second I thought he was being serious, but then he winked at me.
When lights wink, they keep flashing on and off quickly:
Reflected in the water, the lights winked at us from the other side of the lake.
The light was winking on the answering machine.
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The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelid
- fovea
- glassy
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- lid
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- simple eye
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
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Gestures & gesturing
Giving out light
Phrasal verb(s)
wink at sth
winknoun [ C ]
uk/wɪŋk/us/wɪŋk/the action of winking at someone:
He gave me a conspiratorial wink as they left the room.
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- blow
- bob
- body language
- finger
- gesture
- give sb the finger idiom
- inclination
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- wave sb off
- wave sb/sth down
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Idiom(s)
not sleep a wink