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Meaning
Noun
●
A person or an
animal
that
winks
(“blinks with one
eye
;
blinks
with one
eye
as a
message
,
signal
, or
suggestion
, usually with an
implication
of conspiracy”).
A person who
connives
with another; a conniver.
●
In Automotive:
A
thing
which
is used to
wink
with, or which
wink
s.
Synonym of
turn signal
(“each of the
flashing
lights
on each
side
of a
vehicle
which
is used to
indicate
that the
vehicle
is
moving
left
or right”); a
blinker
, an indicator.
●
In Equestrianism:
A
thing
which
is used to
wink
with, or which
wink
s.
Chiefly in the
plural
:
synonym
of
blinker
(“a
shield
attached
to the
bridle
of a
horse
or other
domesticated
animal
to
prevent
it from
seeing things
behind it and to its side”)
●
In Music:
A
thing
which
is used to
wink
with, or which
wink
s.
A small
bellows
in an
organ
,
regulated
by a
spring
, which
controls
variations
of
wind
pressure.
●
In Ornithology:
A
thing
which
is used to
wink
with, or which
wink
s.
The
nictitating membrane
(“transparent
protective
fold
of
skin
acting
as an
inner
eyelid
”) of a birds's eye.
●
In British English:
A
thing
which
is used to
wink
with, or which
wink
s.
An eye.
●
In American English & British English:
A
thing
which
is used to
wink
with, or which
wink
s.
An eyelash.
●
In Tiddlywinks:
Clipping of
tiddlywinker
(“a
player
of
the game
of tiddlywinks”).
Name
●
A
surname
from German.
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