What does WINK mean?

Definitions for WINK
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun

    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

    "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

  2. winknoun

    closing one eye quickly as a signal

  3. blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictationverb

    a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

  4. winkverb

    signal by winking

    "She winked at him"

  5. flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkleverb

    gleam or glow intermittently

    "The lights were flashing"

  6. blink, wink, nictitate, nictateverb

    briefly shut the eyes

    "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

  7. wink, blink, blink awayverb

    force to go away by blinking

    "blink away tears"

Wiktionary

  1. winknoun

    An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

  2. winknoun

    A brief time; an instant.

  3. winknoun

    A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

  4. winknoun

    A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.

  5. winkverb

    To close one's eyes.

  6. winkverb

    To turn a blind eye.

  7. winkverb

    To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion.

  8. winkverb

    To twinkle.

  9. winkverb

    To send an indication of agreement by winking.

  10. Etymology: From winken and winken, from and wincian, from winkanan, from weng-. Cognate with winken, winken. Related also to East Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken, Latin vacillare, Lithuanian véngti, Albanian, Sanskrit.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Winknoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    You doing thus,
    To the perpetual wink for ay might put
    This ancient moral. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    At every wink of an eye some new grace will be born. William Shakespeare.

    Since I receiv’d command to do this business,
    I have not slept one wink. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    The beams so reverend and strong,
    Do’st thou not think
    I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
    But that I would not lose her sight so long? John Donne.

    It raged so all night, that I could not sleep a wink. William Temple.

    Not write! but then I think;
    And for my soul I cannot sleep a wink. Alexander Pope.

    Her wink each bold attempt forbids. Philip Sidney.

    The stockjobber thus from ’Change-alley goes down,
    And tips you the freeman a wink;
    Let me have but your vote to serve for the town,
    And here is a guinea to drink. Jonathan Swift.

  2. To WINKverb

    Etymology: winctan , Saxon; wincken, Dutch.

    Let’s see thine eyes; wink now, now open them:
    In my opinion, yet, thou see’st not well. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

    They’re fairies; he that speaks to them shall die:
    I’ll wink and couch; no man their sports must eye. William Shakespeare.

    His false cunning
    Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance,
    And grew a twenty years removed thing,
    While one would wink. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    He with great imagination,
    Proper to madmen, led his pow’rs to death,
    And, winking, leap’d into destruction. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    In despite of all this, he runs foolishly into his sin and ruin, merely because he winks hard, and rushes violently like a horse into the battle. Taylor.

    The Scripture represents wicked men as without understanding; not that they are destitute of the natural faculty: they are not blind, but they wink. John Tillotson.

    If any about them should make them think there is any difference between being in the dark and winking, get it out of their minds. John Locke.

    You saw my master wink and laugh upon you. William Shakespeare.

    Send him a spoon when he wants a knife: wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. Jonathan Swift.

    While Hermes pip’d and sung, and told his tale,
    The keeper’s winking eyes began to fail,
    And drowsy slumber on the lids to creep,
    ’Till all the watchman was at length asleep. Dryden.

    When you shoot, and shut one eye,
    You cannot think he would deny
    To lend the t’other friendly aid,
    Or wink, as coward, and afraid. Matthew Prior.

    They be better content with one that will wink at their faults, than with him that will reprove them. John Whitgift.

    I, for winking at your discords too,
    Have lost a brace of kinsmen. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

    Let not night see my black and deep desires;
    The eye wink at the hand! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    The king gave him great gifts, and winked at the great spoil of Bosworth-field, which came almost wholly to this man’s hands. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    Let us not write at a loose rambling rate,
    In hope the world will wink at all our faults. Wentworth Dillon.

    Some faults of course with childhood end;
    We therefore wink at wags, when they offend,
    And spare the boy, in hopes the man may mend. Dryden.

    Obstinacy cannot be winked at, but must be subdued. John Locke.

    Cato is stern, and awful as a god:
    He knows not how to wink at human frailty,
    Or pardon weakness that he never felt. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    The sullen tyrant slept not all the night,
    But, lonely walking by a winking light,
    Sobb’d, wept and groan’d, and beat his wither’d breast. Dry.

Wikipedia

  1. Wink

    A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signaling shared hidden knowledge or intent. However, it is ambiguous by itself and highly dependent upon additional context, without which a wink could become misinterpreted or even nonsensical. For example, in some regions of the world, a wink may be considered rude or offensive. And depending on the relationship of the people involved, a wink could possibly constitute a sexual gesture.

ChatGPT

  1. wink

    A wink is a facial expression where one eye is briefly closed and then reopened, often used to indicate humor, flirtation, secret knowledge, or conspiracy. It can also broadly refer to any quick or sudden closing and opening mechanism.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Winkverb

    to nod; to sleep; to nap

  2. Winkverb

    to shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion

  3. Winkverb

    to close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink

  4. Winkverb

    to give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only

  5. Winkverb

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

  6. Winkverb

    to be dim and flicker; as, the light winks

  7. Winkverb

    to cause (the eyes) to wink

  8. Winknoun

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

  9. Winknoun

    a hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast

  10. Etymology: [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G. winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanchn to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a corner. Cf. Wench, Wince, v. i.]

Wikidata

  1. Wink

    A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signaling shared hidden knowledge or intent, which may also include, in all contexts, sexual attraction.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Wink

    wingk, v.i. to move the eyelids quickly: to give a hint by winking: to seem not to see, connive at (gener. with at): to flicker, twinkle, sparkle.—v.t. to close and open quickly.—n. act of winking: a hint given by winking.—ns. Wink′-a-peep, the scarlet pimpernel; Wink′er, one who winks: a horse's blinkers: (Shak.) an eye: the winking membrane of a bird's eye, the winking muscle: a small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, controlling variations of wind-pressure; Wink′ing, the act of winking.—adv. Wink′ingly.—Forty winks (coll.), a short nap; Like winking (slang), very rapidly; Tip one the wink, to wink to one as a sign of caution, or of mutual understanding, &c. [A.S. wincian (Ger. winken); akin to A.S. wancol, wavering.]

CrunchBase

  1. Wink

    Wink is a people search engine that searches for profiles across the Web.Wink began in 2004 as a social search engine to use input from other people to influence the relevance of Web pages. But in 2006 Wink changed directions to become a people search engine. At the time there were numerous growing social networks and other places online with limited ability to search. Serving those looking to find old friends or anyone with an active online life, Wink searches about one billion profiles across popular social networks and other destinations.Wink merged with Reunion.com in November, 2008.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WINK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wink is ranked #11894 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wink surname appeared 2,632 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Wink.

    95.2% or 2,508 total occurrences were White.
    1.4% or 37 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.2% or 32 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 23 total occurrences were Black.
    0.6% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WINK in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WINK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of WINK in a Sentence

  1. Earth WIV:

    That really took a load off my mind, i had not slept a wink for days.

  2. Jamal Khashoggi:

    The promise of accountability was the only check on this guy [ MBS ], now it's gone, when the President of the US goes to this murderer's hometown to appease him, he's not only glossing over his past heinous crimes with stunning impunity but enabling his future ones. It's a wink-wink nudge-nudge to commit the next crime in a cleaner, less messy fashion.

  3. Charles Whitehead:

    Paid for the video but not paid for the tweets? Well, I mean, nudge nudge wink wink, if the substance is that I’m in fact getting paid to tout the security, even if the contract says I’m only getting paid for the video — too bad, so sad. You cannot get around the law that easily.

  4. Stefanie Bagby:

    Santa -- wink, wink.

  5. Ron Fournier:

    Donor maintenance is a term we use in Washington when you go around and pat peopleon the back with a wink and a nod then they send a check to you, it's not directly fundraising but it's kind of fundraising and it sure what this looks like to me.

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