winker

Meaning

1. 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”).
2. A person who connives with another; a conniver.
3. A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
4. 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.
5. 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”).
6. A small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, which controls variations of wind pressure.
7. The nictitating membrane (“transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid”) of a birds's eye.
8. An eye.
9. An eyelash.
10. Clipping of tiddlywinker (“a player of the game of tiddlywinks”).
11. A surname from German.

Etymology / origin

From wink (“blinking of only one eye”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

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