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List of meaning for wink

blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute(noun)

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"

wink(noun)

closing one eye quickly as a signal

blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation(verb)

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

wink(verb)

signal by winking

"She winked at him"

flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle(verb)

gleam or glow intermittently

"The lights were flashing"

blink, wink, nictitate, nictate(verb)

briefly shut the eyes

"The TV announcer never seems to blink"

wink, blink, blink away(verb)

force to go away by blinking

"blink away tears"

a short sleep

I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight

a very small space of time

I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone

to rapidly open and close one's eyes

she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes

to shine with light at regular intervals

a lighthouse was winking in the distance

to shoot forth bursts of light

fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire

to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful

the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl

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