winking

Speech parts

1. winking - Noun

2. winking - Verb

4. winking - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Wink

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wink blink blinking nictation nictitation eye blink arch winkle trice twinkle jiffy glitter sparkle flash signaling
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Antonyms

black opened dark eye pale sad
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Hypernyms

reflex reflex response inborn reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex physiological reaction

Hyponyms

palpebration

Phrases with the word

like winking as easy as winking easy as winking winking reference

Examples

Nausicaä: Life is a winking light in the darkness. Hayao Miyazaki

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. Jack Kerouac

There's no time for winking at the men when you're busy bailing the boat. Robert Jordan

You don't know what a trial it is to be -like me. I've got to keep my face like steel in the street to keep men from winking at me. F. Scott Fitzgerald

To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don't like it when we do monologues, looking into the character. Thomas Jane

The rhetorical extremism, the winking at violence, the reveling in vulgarity, and the embrace of amoralism are not bugs but features of Trumpism. Intellectual and moral coarsening is both a condition and a consequence of the demagogue's success. Trumpism really does corrupt. Bill Kristol

Close letter words and terms

winkfest Winkfield winkie winking monkey winkingly winkle