wink

IPA: wˈɪŋk

noun

  • An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
  • A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
  • A brief time; an instant.
  • The smallest possible amount.
  • A subtle allusion.
  • (tiddlywinks) Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks”)
  • (chiefly Britain) Synonym of periwinkle

verb

  • (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep.
  • (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
  • (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
  • (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
  • (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
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