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Meaning
Verb
●
To
close one's eyes
in sleep.
●
To
close
one's
eyes.
●
Usually
followed by
at: to
look the other way
, to
turn
a
blind
eye.
●
To
close one's eyes
quickly
and
involuntarily
; to blink.
●
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.)
●
To
gleam
fitfully
or intermitently; to
twinkle
; to flicker.
Noun
●
An
act
of
winking
(a
blinking
of only one
eye
), or a
message
sent by
winking
.
●
In Facial expressions:
A
brief
period
of
sleep
; especially
forty
winks.
●
A
brief
time; an instant.
●
The
smallest
possible amount.
●
A
subtle
allusion.
●
In Tiddlywinks:
Synonym of
tiddlywink
(“small
disc
used
in the game
of
tiddlywink
s”)
●
In British English & Eye:
Synonym of periwinkle
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Connive
Nictitate
Tiddlywink
Periwinkle
Twinkle
Shut One'S Eyes
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Rhymes
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Sync
Zinc
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