What are some opposite words for wink?
Antonyms for wink
wɪŋkwink
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term wink.
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blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
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nictitation, second, instant, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, heartbeat, minute, news bulletin, moment, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, pulsation, winking, flash bulb, nictation, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, blink, fanfare, trice, twinklingwinknoun
closing one eye quickly as a signal
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nictitation, instant, blink of an eye, blinking, flash, blink, split second, heartbeat, twinkling, nictation, trice, winking, jiffy, eye blinkblink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictationverb
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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instant, nictitation, blinking, flash, eye blink, split second, blink, heartbeat, jiffy, nictation, trice, winking, twinkling, blink of an eyewinkverb
signal by winking
"She winked at him"
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twinkle, flash, nictate, nictitate, winkle, blink, blink awayflash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkleverb
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
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scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, flash, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, scud, nictate, twinkle, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentateblink, wink, nictitate, nictateverb
briefly shut the eyes
"The TV announcer never seems to blink"
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winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, nictitatewink, blink, blink awayverb
force to go away by blinking
"blink away tears"
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winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, nictitate
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winkverb
Synonyms:
nictate, nictitate, overlook, ignore, connive at
Editors Contribution
closed
not opening and closing your eye but shutting it
he lay there winking he lay there eyes closed
How to use wink in a sentence?
That really took a load off my mind, i had not slept a wink for days.
I have not slept one wink.
The commander in chief refused to condemn White supremacy on the global stage in front of my children, in front of everybody's families, and he was given the opportunity multiple times to condemn White supremacy and he gave a wink and a nod to a racist, Nazi, murderous organization, that's the only thing that happened tonight.
Santa -- wink, wink.
Paid for the video but not paid for the tweets? Well, I mean, nudge nudge wink wink, if the substance is that I’m in fact getting paid to tout the security, even if the contract says I’m only getting paid for the video — too bad, so sad. You cannot get around the law that easily.
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