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1. (v.i.) wink
to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
2. wink
to close and open one eye quickly as a hint or signal or with some sly or humorous intent.
3. wink
(of the eyes) to close and open quickly; blink.
4. wink
to shine with little flashes of light; twinkle:
city lights winking in the distance.
5. (v.t.) wink
to close and open (one or both eyes) quickly.
6. wink
to drive or force by winking (usu. fol. by back or away):
to wink back tears.
7. wink
to signal or convey by a wink:
to wink hello.
8. wink
wink at, to ignore (misdeeds or wrongdoing) deliberately.
9. (n.) wink
an act of winking.
10. wink
a winking movement, esp. of one eye.
11. wink
a hint or signal given by winking.
12. wink
the time taken by one wink; an instant; a twinkling.
13. wink
a little flash of light; twinkle.
14. wink
the least bit:
I didn't sleep a wink last night.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE wincian, c. OS winkan, OHG winchan to wave, signal)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
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. (noun) wink
closing one eye quickly as a signal
3. (verb) blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
4. (verb) wink
signal by winking
"She winked at him"
5. (verb) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
6. (verb) blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
briefly shut the eyes
"The TV announcer never seems to blink"
7. (verb) wink, blink, blink away
force to go away by blinking
"blink away tears"
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1. (verb) wink
to quickly close and open one eye
Did he just wink at me?; "Just kidding," she said with a wink.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wink
the act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment
2. (noun) wink
a hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast
3. (verb) wink
to nod; to sleep; to nap
4. (verb) wink
to shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion
5. (verb) wink
to close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink
6. (verb) wink
to give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only
7. (verb) wink
to avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at
8. (verb) wink
to be dim and flicker; as, the light winks
9. (verb) wink
to cause (the eyes) to wink
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Sense: to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc
He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.'
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 Afrikaans: knipoog |
 Arabic: يَغْمِز بِعَيْنِه |
 Bulgarian: мигам |
 Brazilian: piscar o olho |
 Czech: (za)mrkat |
 German: blinzeln |
 Danish: blinke |
 Greek: κλείνω το μάτι |
 Spanish: guiñar el ojo |
 Estonian: pilgutama |
 Farsi: چشمک زدن |
 Finnish: iskeä silmää |
 French: faire un clin d'œil (à) |
 Hebrew: לִקרוֹץ |
 Hindi: पलक मारना |
 Croatian: namignuti |
 Hungarian: kacsint |
 Indonesian: mengejapkan |
 Icelandic: depla augunum |
 Italian: (strizzare l'occhio) |
 Japanese: 目くばせする |
 Korean: 눈을 깜박거리다 |
 Lithuanian: mirktelėti |
 Latvian: []mirkšķināt; piemiegt ac |
 Malay: mengenyit mata |
 Dutch: knipogen |
 Norwegian: blunke (til) |
 Polish: mrugnąć |
 Portuguese: piscar o olho |
 Romanian: a face cu ochiul (cuiva) |
 Russian: подмигивать |
 Slovak: (za)žmurkať |
 Slovenian: pomežikniti |
 Serbian: trepnuti |
 Swedish: blinka [med enaögat] |
 Thai: ขยิบตา |
 Turkish: göz kırpmak |
 Taiwanese: 眨眼 |
 Ukrainian: моргати; кліпати |
 Urdu: آنکھ جھپکانا |
 Vietnamese: nháy mắt |
 Chinese: 眨眼示意 |
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