Wink

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1. Verb

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

2. Verb

To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

3. Verb

To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.

4. Verb

To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

5. Verb

To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.

6. Verb

To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

7. Verb

To cause (the eyes) to wink.

8. Noun

The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

9. Noun

A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
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