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Synonyms for wink
wɪŋkwink
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Princeton's WordNet
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, twinklingwinknoun
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 blinkblink, 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 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"
Synonyms:
winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, nictitate
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
winkverb
Synonyms:
nictate, nictitate, overlook, ignore, connive at
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#486 | second | |
#1174 | flash | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2258 | moment | |
#2783 | instant | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3843 | pulse | |
#3887 | flashing | |
#4440 | glance | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#8587 | dash | |
#9730 | blink | |
#15944 | dart | |
#16626 | wink | |
#16632 | flare | |
#16642 | nod | |
#18435 | heartbeat | |
#23765 | newsflash | |
#27279 | blinking | |
#29626 | twinkle | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#29869 | fanfare | |
#32558 | swank | |
#39743 | flickering | |
#40632 | jiffy | |
#48204 | trice | |
#54185 | twinkling | |
#56541 | scoot | |
#58210 | winkle | |
#59155 | scud | |
#65430 | winking | |
#66031 | flaunt | |
#71655 | pulsation | |
#111166 | newsbreak | |
#118932 | ostentation | |
#206655 | flashbulb | |
#240368 | flashgun | |
#314059 | photoflash |
How to use wink in a sentence?
The moon is a wink of God eye, and the sun is the heat of His heart for our Love.
The moon is a wink of God eye in our darker days, and the sun is the heat of his heart for our LOVE.
Santa -- wink, wink.
The older rules were nudge-nudge, wink-wink. These rules are very clear.
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.
Translations for wink
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- غمزةArabic
- picar l'ullet, fer l'ulletCatalan, Valencian
- blikat, mrkatCzech
- blinkeDanish
- zuzwinkern, zwinkernGerman
- κλείνω το μάτιGreek
- guiñar, guiñoSpanish
- iskeä silmää, silmänräpäys, vilkuttaa, vilkkua, silmänisku, tuikkiaFinnish
- cligner des yeux, faire un clin d'œil, clin d'œilFrench
- priobadh, caog, priob, caogadhScottish Gaelic
- blikka, blikkIcelandic
- attimoItalian
- 瞬くJapanese
- nicto, conniveoLatin
- डोळा मारणेMarathi
- knipoog, twinkelen, knipogen, ogenblik, flonkerenDutch
- mrugnąćPolish
- piscadela, [[piscar]] ([[o]] [[olho]]), piscadaPortuguese
- ch'ipihyay, ch'illmipakuyQuechua
- подмигивать, мигать, миг, подмигнуть, подмигивание, мерцатьRussian
- намигнути, ми̑г, namignuti, mȋgSerbo-Croatian
- రెప్పపాటుTelugu
- พริบThai
- göz kırpmak, kaş göz etmekTurkish
- підморгуванняUkrainian
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