noun Download 🔗Share An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. Examples : "He gave me a friendly wink as he passed by in the hallway. " communication body action sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. Examples : "After a long day at work, Sarah took a quick wink before dinner. " physiology time body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A brief time; an instant. Examples : "The wink of a second was all it took for the alarm clock to go off. " time event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The smallest possible amount. Examples : "Even with a powerful microscope, I couldn't see a wink of difference between the two samples. " amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A subtle allusion. Examples : "The film includes a wink to wartime rationing." communication sign language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To close one's eyes in sleep. Examples : "After a long day at work, the tired toddler began to wink and drift off to sleep. " body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To close one's eyes. Examples : "The teacher winked at Sarah to let her know the answer was correct. " body action communication sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink. Examples : "The tired student winked at his friend, quickly closing his eye. " physiology action body communication sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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.) Examples : "He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent." communication body action human sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker. Examples : "The firelight winked in the hearth, casting dancing shadows on the wall. " appearance nature energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks. Examples : "My little brother loves playing tiddlywinks with his friends; he always uses his special red wink. " game item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Chiefly British) Periwinkle. Examples : "My grandmother's garden has a beautiful patch of wink. " food animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading