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Synonyms for wink
wɪŋkwink

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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"

    Synonyms:
    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, twinkling

  2. winknoun

    closing one eye quickly as a signal

    Synonyms:
    nictitation, instant, blink of an eye, blinking, flash, blink, split second, heartbeat, twinkling, nictation, trice, winking, jiffy, eye blink

  3. blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictationverb

    a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

    Synonyms:
    instant, nictitation, blinking, flash, eye blink, split second, blink, heartbeat, jiffy, nictation, trice, winking, twinkling, blink of an eye

  4. winkverb

    signal by winking

    "She winked at him"

    Synonyms:
    twinkle, flash, nictate, nictitate, winkle, blink, blink away

  5. flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkleverb

    gleam or glow intermittently

    "The lights were flashing"

    Synonyms:
    scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, flash, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, scud, nictate, twinkle, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentate

  6. blink, wink, nictitate, nictateverb

    briefly shut the eyes

    "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, nictitate

  7. wink, blink, blink awayverb

    force to go away by blinking

    "blink away tears"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, nictitate

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. winkverb

    Synonyms:
    blink, nictate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. winkverb

    Synonyms:
    nictate, nictitate, overlook, ignore, connive at

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "wink":

    jiffy, heartbeat, flicker, glance, blinking, flickering, blink, nod

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How to use wink in a sentence?

  1. Eddy M Reyes:

    The moon is a wink of God eye, and the sun is the heat of His heart for our Love.

  2. Eddy M Reyes:

    The moon is a wink of God eye in our darker days, and the sun is the heat of his heart for our LOVE.

  3. Stefanie Bagby:

    Santa -- wink, wink.

  4. Augusto Maxwell:

    The older rules were nudge-nudge, wink-wink. These rules are very clear.

  5. Charles Whitehead:

    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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