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List of meaning for winking

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

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

blinking, winking(adj)

closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly

"he stood blinking in the bright sunlight"

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

to dismiss as of little importance

for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of "boys being boys"

to come to an end

she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day

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