Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   wink

   /wiNGk/

   verb

   • 1. close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or as a signal of affection or greeting: "he winked at Nicole as he passed" Similar blinkflutterbattechnical:nictatenictitate
   • ▪ pretend not to notice (something bad or illegal): "the authorities winked at their illegal trade"
   • ▪ (of a bright object or a light) shine or flash intermittently. Similar sparkletwinkleflashflickerglittergleamshimmershineblinkrare:scintillate

   noun

   • 1. an act of closing and opening one eye quickly, typically as a signal: "Barney gave him a knowing wink"

   Word Origin Old Englishwincian ‘close the eyes’, of Germanic origin; related to German winken ‘to wave’, also to wince1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. winker noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • W

     4

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

     5

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points