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Definition of Wink
1. Noun. A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). "If I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
Generic synonyms: Bit, Minute, Mo, Moment, Second
Derivative terms: Flash
2. Verb. Signal by winking. "She winked at him"
3. Noun. Closing one eye quickly as a signal.
4. Verb. Gleam or glow intermittently. "The horizon is winking with lights"; "The lights were flashing"
Specialized synonyms: Flick, Flicker
Generic synonyms: Radiate
Derivative terms: Blinker, Blinker, Flash, Flasher, Twinkle, Twinkler
5. Noun. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Specialized synonyms: Palpebration
Derivative terms: Blink, Blink, Blink, Nictate, Nictitate
6. Verb. Briefly shut the eyes. "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
Specialized synonyms: Palpebrate, Bat, Flutter
Generic synonyms: Act Involuntarily, Act Reflexively
Derivative terms: Blink, Blinking, Nictation, Nictitation, Winker, Winking
7. Verb. Force to go away by blinking. "Blink away tears"
Generic synonyms: Conquer, Curb, Inhibit, Stamp Down, Subdue, Suppress
Derivative terms: Blink
Definition of Wink
1. v. i. To nod; to sleep; to nap.
2. v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.
3. n. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
4. v. i. To nod; to sleep; to nap.
5. v. t. To cause (the eyes) to wink.
6. n. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
Definition of Wink
1. to close and open one eye quickly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Wink
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1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. "Although I wake or wink."
2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. "He must wink, so loud he would cry." (Chaucer) "And I will wink, so shall the day seem night." (Shak) "They are not blind, but they wink." (Tillotson)
3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. "A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day." (Hawthorne)
4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only. "Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate." (Swift)
5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; generally with at. "The times of this ignorance God winked at." (Acts xvii. 30) "And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign." (Herbert) "Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued." (Locke)
6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Wink
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