wink
Speech parts
1. wink - Noun
2. wink - Verb
Meaning
To nod; to sleep; to nap.
To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
To cause (the eyes) to wink.
The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
That's the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. "Once you're there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Never whisper to the deaf, or wink at the blind.