wink
[verb]
Synonyms:
- blink, bat, flutter
- twinkle, flash, gleam, glimmer, sparkle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- blink, flutter

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Related Words: squinch, squinny, squint, flutter

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. wink¹ /wɪŋk/ verb
[Language: Old English; Origin: wincian]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to close and open one eye quickly to communicate something or show that something is a secret or joke
wink at
He winked mischievously at Erica.
He winked an eye at his companion.

2. [intransitive] to shine with a light that flashes on and off Synonym : blink:
a Christmas tree with lights winking on and off
wink at something phrasal verb
to pretend not to notice something bad or illegal, in a way that suggests you approve of it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. wink² noun

1. [countable] a quick action of opening and closing one eye, usually as a signal to someone else:
He gave her a wink.
‘You look tired,’ he said with a knowing wink.

2. not get a wink of sleep/not sleep a wink not be able to sleep at all:
I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night.
⇒ forty winks, ⇒ a nod’s as good as a wink at nod²(4), ⇒ tip somebody the wink at tip²(11)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wink
noun
ADJ. broad | little | conspiratorial, knowing
VERB + WINK direct, give sb, throw sb
PREP. with a ~ ‘Know what I mean?’ he said with a wink.
~ at He directed a conspiratorial wink at his son.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

wink
verb
ADV. broadly He winked broadly at Lucinda.
conspiratorially, saucily, wickedly She winked saucily at Jack.
back
VERB + WINK see sb I saw him wink at her.
PREP. at She winked at me, and I winked back.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

wink
wɪŋk
See: forty winks , sleep a wink

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲