wink

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to wink

Third person singular
winks

Simple past
winked

Past participle
winked

Present participle
winking

to wink (third-person singular simple present winks, present participle winking, simple past and past participle winked)

  1. (intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion.
  2. (intransitive) To twinkle.
  3. (transitive) To send an indication of agreement by winking.

[edit] Translations

To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion
To twinkle
To send an indication of agreement by winking
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[edit] Noun

Singular
wink

Plural
winks

wink (plural winks)

  1. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
  2. A brief time; an instant.
  3. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
  4. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

a blink
an instant
  • Aramaic:
    Syriac: ܪܦܦܐ (rpāpā, rpopo) m.
    Hebrew: רפפא (rpāpā, rpopo) m.

a period of sleep - see idiom forty winks

game piece
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