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Look up: wink

  1. Wink
    Wink is a city in Winkler County Texas, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. wink
    [n] - closing one eye quickly as a signal 2. [v] - force to go away by blinking 3. [v] - signal by winking
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. wink
    a type of trunk signalling where the receiver transmits a pulse to the transmitter informing the transmitter that the receiver is ready to accept incoming data Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a short interruption of current to a switchboard busy lamp to indicate that the circuit is busy.On key telephone sets,the wink signal indicates that a line is being held Category:...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Wink
    Wink intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Winked ; present participle & verbal noun Winking .] [ Middle English winken , Anglo-Saxon wincian ; akin to Dutch wenken , German winken to wink, nod, beckon, Old High German winchan , Swedish vinka , Danish vinke , Anglo-Saxon
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/41

  5. Wink
    Wink transitive verb To cause (the eyes) to wink. [ Colloq.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/41

  6. Wink
    Wink noun 1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment. « I have not slept one wink Shak. « I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink Donne. 2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. Sir. P. Sidney. « The stockjo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/41

  7. wink
    1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. 'Although I wake or wink.' ... 2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. 'He must wink, so loud he would cry.' (Chaucer) 'And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.' (Shak) 'They are not blind, but they wink.' (Tillotson) ... 3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. wink
    noun closing one eye quickly as a signal
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. wink
    verb force to go away by blinking; `blink away tears`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Wink
    The `wink` is an intentional facial expression made by briefly closing one or both eyes (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wink). To wink is to close and open either one or both eyelids with a rapid motion; to blink suggests a sleepy, dazed, or dazzled condition in which it is difficult to focus the eyes or see clearly. A wink is a form of semi-formal communication, which indicates shared, unspoken knowledge. A `naughty wink` can silently i...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink

  11. Wink
    • (v. t.) To cause (the eyes) to wink. • (n.) The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment. • (n.) A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. • (v. i.) To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks. • (v. i.) To nod; to sleep; to nap. •...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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