Wink Synonyms

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Synonyms for Wink

blink
To flash on and off; twinkle or glimmer
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nictate
To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. [from 18th c.]
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nictitate
To wink.
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spangle
To cover or decorate with spangles or other bright objects
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flirt
To behave as though romantically or sexually attracted to someone, often, specif., without serious intentions or emotional commitment
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make-eyes-at
To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.
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bat
To hit with a bat.
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connive at
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flash
To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
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flicker
To move with a quick, light, wavering motion
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gleam
To appear or be revealed briefly or suddenly
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ignore
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
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instant
At once; instantly.
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twinkle
(Chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight
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glimmer
To be reflected in dim, intermittent flashes:
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glance
Glance is defined as to look at quickly.
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glint
To gleam or give out small flashes of light, usually by reflection:
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glisten
To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster:
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glitter
To be reflected as a sparkling or glistening light:
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scintillate
To sparkle intellectually; be brilliant and witty
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shimmer
To shine with a subdued flickering light:
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sparkle
To be reflected in small flashes of light:
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nictation
An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink
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crack
A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.
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minute
A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds.
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moment
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
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second
The SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest; one-sixtieth of a minute.
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trice
A very short period of time; an instant:
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twinkling
The act of blinking.
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jiff
A jiffy.
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jiffy
(Physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)
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tick
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
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coruscation
A coruscating; sparkling
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spark
A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
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overlook
To overlook is defined as to look at from a high place, or to miss something by mistake or on purpose.
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palpebrate
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signal
A fluctuating quantity or impulse whose variations represent information. The amplitude or frequency of voltage, current, electric field strength, light, and sound can be varied as signals representing information.
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sleep
To pass or get rid of by sleeping:
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slimmer
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squint
To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
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eye blink
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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blinking
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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winking
The act of one who winks.
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blink-of-an-eye
(Idiomatic) A very short period of time.
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heartbeat
The general nature of the heart's contractions or the rate at which they occur:
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split-second
A fraction of a second
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new-york-minute
An instant; a very short time.
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blink away
force to go away by blinking
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winkle
(Informal) To pry or rout from cover, secrecy, etc.
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bat the eyes
To close one eye
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coruscate
To exhibit sparkling virtuosity:
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repetition
To petition again.
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see
To go and look:
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continue
To carry on; persist in:
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light
To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
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big
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
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time
(Uncountable, with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
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forty-winks
(Idiomatic) A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.
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smirk
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nod
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chuckle
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scowl
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smile
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grin
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giggle
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sneer
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grimace
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Synonym Study

  • Blink implies a rapid series of such movements, usually performed involuntarily and with the eyes half-shut to blink in the harsh sunlight
  • Wink usually implies a usually deliberate movement in the quick closing and opening of one or both eyelids one or more times he winked at her knowingly
Find another word for wink. In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wink, like: blink, nictate, nictitate, nictitation, spangle, flirt, make-eyes-at, bat, connive at, flash and flicker.
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Wink Sentence Examples

  • I don't know how I got a wink of sleep.

  • He disappeared with a wink of purple light.

  • You're not going to sleep a wink tonight.

  • He disappeared in a wink of light.

  • It will all happen as quick as a wink.

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