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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
wink
n 1: 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" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling,
wink, New York minute]
2: closing one eye quickly as a signal
3: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn:
blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking,
nictitation, nictation]
v 1: signal by winking; "She winked at him"
2: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
3: briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to
blink" [syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate]
4: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn:
wink, blink, blink away]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wink \Wink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Winked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Winking.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G.
winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan.
vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch?n to
waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a
corner. Cf. Wench, Wince, v. i.]
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1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] "Although I wake or
wink." --Chaucer.
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2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a
quick motion.
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He must wink, so loud he would cry. --Chaucer.
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And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.
--Shak.
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They are not blind, but they wink. --Tillotson.
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3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to
blink.
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A baby of some three months old, who winked, and
turned aside its little face from the too vivid
light of day. --Hawthorne.
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4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of
one eye only.
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Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.
--Swift.
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5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to
connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
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The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts
xvii. 30.
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And yet, as though he knew it not,
His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign.
--Herbert.
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Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.
--Locke.
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6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
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Winking monkey (Zool.), the white-nosed monkey
(Cersopithecus nictitans).
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wink \Wink\, v. t.
To cause (the eyes) to wink.[Colloq.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wink \Wink\, n.
1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids
quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a
moment.
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I have not slept one wink. --Shak.
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I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink. --Donne.
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2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
--Sir. P. Sidney.
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The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down,
And tips you, the freeman, a wink. --Swift.
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5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Wink, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 919
Housing Units (2000): 437
Land area (2000): 1.135789 sq. miles (2.941679 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.135789 sq. miles (2.941679 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79768
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.754119 N, 103.155647 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79789
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Wink, TX
Wink
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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