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[wingk] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to close and open one or both eyes quickly. |
| 2. | to close and open one eye quickly as a hint or signal or with some sly meaning (often fol. by at): She winked at him across the room. |
| 3. | (of the eyes) to close and open thus; blink. |
| 4. | to shine with little flashes of light; twinkle: The city lights winked in the distance. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to close and open (one or both eyes) quickly; execute or give (a wink). |
| 6. | to drive or force by winking (usually fol. by back or away): She attempted to wink back the tears. |
| 7. | to signal or convey by a wink. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 8. | an act of winking. |
| 9. | a winking movement, esp. of one eye in giving a hint or signal. |
| 10. | a hint or signal given by winking. |
| 11. | the time required for winking once; an instant or twinkling: I'll be there in a wink. |
| 12. | a little flash of light; twinkle. |
| 13. | the least bit: I didn't sleep a wink last night. |
| 14. | wink at, to ignore deliberately, as to avoid the necessity of taking action: to wink at minor offenses. |
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME winken, OE wincian; c. G winken to wave, signal; (n.) ME: nap, deriv. of the v.
bef. 900; (v.) ME winken, OE wincian; c. G winken to wave, signal; (n.) ME: nap, deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
wink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
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. 4. sparkle.
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. 4. sparkle.
wink
2 [wingk] –noun Games.
| a disk or similar small object used in tiddlywinks. |
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| wink (wĭngk) v. winked, wink·ing, winks v. intr.
wink atTo pretend not to see: winked at corruption in the ministry. wink outTo come to a close; end. [Middle English winken, to close one's eyes, from Old English wincian.] |
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Wink
Wink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Winked; p. pr. & vb. n. Winking.] [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, wanch?n to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a corner. Cf. Wench, Wince, v. i.]1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] "Although I wake or wink." --Chaucer. 2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. He must wink, so loud he would cry. --Chaucer. And I will wink, so shall the day seem night. --Shak. They are not blind, but they wink. --Tillotson. 3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day. --Hawthorne. 4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only. Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. --Swift. 5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at. The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts xvii. 30. And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign. --Herbert. Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued. --Locke. 6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks. Winking monkey (Zo["o]l.), the white-nosed monkey (Cersopithecus nictitans).Wink
Wink\, v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.]Wink
Wink\, n. 1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment. I have not slept one wink. --Shak. I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink. --Donne. 2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. --Sir. P. Sidney. The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down, And tips you, the freeman, a wink. --Swift.
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Language Translation for : wink
Spanish:
guiñar el ojo,
German:
blinzeln,
Japanese:
目くばせする
wink (v.)
O.E. wincian "to nod, wink," from P.Gmc. *wenkanan (cf. Du. wenken, O.H.G. winkan, Ger. winken), a gradational variant of the root of O.H.G. wankon "to stagger, totter," O.N. vakka "to stray, hover," from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve." The meaning "close an eye as a hint or signal" is first recorded c.1100; that of "close one's eyes to fault or irregularity" first attested c.1480. The noun is recorded from 1303; meaning "very brief moment of time" is attested from 1585.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1wink
Pronunciation: 'wi[ng]k
Function: intransitive verb
: to close and open the eyelids quickly
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wink (wĭngk)
v. winked, wink·ing, winks
- 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.
A quick closing and opening of the eyelids; a blink.
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wink
In addition to the idiom beginning with wink, also see forty winks; quick as a wink; sleep a wink.
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