Winking

Word WINKING
Character 7
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Definitions and meanings of "Winking"

What do we mean by winking?

To close one's eyes in sleep.

To close one's eyes.

Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

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.)

To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

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The word "winking" in example sentences

Her poems are full of quaint things, of such things as the eyes in the peacock fans of the Vatican, which she describes as winking at the ❋ Unknown (1905)

Well, just send a you tube of yourself answering questions and just maybe they will edit in, A la Breitbart, Sarah Palin winking at you and asking questions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Psycho has a picture of Sarah Palin winking at Jesus. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I began to think of the rise and fall of their blinds and mine as a kind of Morse code, sent back and forth across the street in winking increments that said the same thing over and over. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Above the desk was a shelf packed with books on script writing; next to that stood a metal cabinet filled with television screenplays filed meticulously, the labels winking hopefully: sci-fi, crime, supernatural, comedy — all unproduced. ❋ Learner_Tobsha (2006)

He might have been too negligent hitherto in winking at these evils in his servants; or, perhaps, it was not till his arrival in Canaan, that he had learnt, for the first time, that one nearer and dearer to him was secretly infected with the same corruption (Ge 31: 34). ❋ Unknown (1871)

After I wrote an overview of semicolon use, a friend pointed out that the mark is also commonly used in winking smileys:;). ❋ Unknown (2008)

You call winking during a Vice-Presidential debate personality? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Just about to fire, he catches the eye of the stag winking futility into his elaborate aim. ❋ Various (N/A)

The tears are spread over this organ by the reflex movement of the eyelid, called winking, and then collected in the _puncta lachrymalia_ and discharged into the nasal passage. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

It also does not take into account winking, which is a free feature on Match for all members, regardless of paid status. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If it is assumed to be normally closed, then the woman may be considered to be perpetually winking, which is equally problematic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I can see her now on the stand just "winking" and responding to a question saying, "You betcha". ❋ Unknown (2010)

With these speech disturbances may occur various accompanying behaviors, such as winking, thumb-raising, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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