winked

/wɪŋkt/ · verb

Meaning

To close one's eyes in sleep.
To close one's eyes.
Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

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Related words

blink(English)nictitate(English)nictate(English)twinkle(English)twinkling(English)flash(English)trice(English)blink of an eye(English)

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Sources

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