Wink synonyms
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Part of speech:
To flash on and off; twinkle or glimmer
To wink.
To cover or decorate with spangles or other bright objects
To behave as though romantically or sexually attracted to someone, often, specif., without serious intentions or emotional commitment
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To hit with a bat.
connive at
To move with a quick, light, wavering motion
To appear or be revealed briefly or suddenly
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
At once; instantly.
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To time to the minute
To overlook is defined as to look at from a high place, or to miss something by mistake or on purpose.
palpebrate
(With superlative) At the second rank.
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.
To pass or get rid of by sleeping:
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(Intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
forty-winks (related)
To be reflected in dim, intermittent flashes:
Glance is defined as to look at quickly.
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To gleam or give out small flashes of light, usually by reflection:
To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster:
To be reflected as a sparkling or glistening light:
To sparkle intellectually; be brilliant and witty
To shine with a subdued flickering light:
A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.
A very short period of time; an instant:
A jiffy.
(Physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
A coruscating; sparkling
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repetition (related)
To petition again.
see (related)
To go and look:
continue (related)
To carry on; persist in:
light (related)
To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
big (related)
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
time (related)
(Uncountable, with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
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a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
The act of one who winks.
(Idiomatic) A very short period of time.
The general nature of the heart's contractions or the rate at which they occur:
A fraction of a second
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blink away
force to go away by blinking
(Informal) To pry or rout from cover, secrecy, etc.
smirk (related)
nod (related)
chuckle (related)
scowl (related)
smile (related)
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grin (related)
giggle (related)
sneer (related)
bat the eyes
To close one eye
To exhibit sparkling virtuosity:
grimace (related)
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Find another word for wink. In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wink, like: blink, nictate, nictitation, nictitate, spangle, flirt, make-eyes-at, bat, connive at, flash and flicker.
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