Crossword-Solution: WINK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Wink | v. i. | To nod; to sleep; to nap. |
| Wink | v. i. | To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. |
| Wink | v. i. | To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. |
| Wink | v. i. | To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only. |
| Wink | v. i. | To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at. |
| Wink | v. i. | To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks. |
| Wink | v. t. | To cause (the eyes) to wink. |
| Wink | n. | The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment. |
| Wink | n. | A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| WINK | anagram | INKW |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with WINK (5)
From the graveyard gate one can count a dozen gayly painted farmhouses; the gilded weather-vanes on the big red barns wink at each other across the green and brown and yellow fields.
Old Governor Bellingham would come grimly forth, with his King James’ ruff fastened askew, and Mistress Hibbins, with some twigs of the forest clinging to her skirts, and looking sourer than ever, as having hardly got a wink of sleep after her night ride; and good Father Wilson too, after spending half the night at a death-bed, and liking ill to be disturbed, thus early, out of his dreams about the glorified saints.
Catch a wink; the time’ll go faster.” Thea nodded good-night to him and settled her head back on her pillow, looking up at the oil lamps.
Fezziwig had gone all through the dance; advance and retire, both hands to your partner, bow and curtsey, corkscrew, thread-the-needle, and back again to your place; Fezziwig "cut"--cut so deftly, that he appeared to wink with his legs, and came upon his feet again without a stagger.
Besides the smiley face above, you can have :-( if you're sad, or :-< if you're REALLY upset! ;-) is one way of showing a wink.
Quotes with WINK (3)
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye... until we meet again
Abe held my gaze a bit longer and then broke into an easy smile. ʺOf course, of course. This is a family gathering. A celebration. And look: hereʹs our newest member.ʺ Dimitri had joined us and wore black and white like my mother and me. He stood beside me, conspicuously not touching. ʺMr. Mazur,ʺ he said formally, nodding a greeting to both of them. ʺGuardian Hathaway.ʺ Dimitri was seven years older than me, but right then, facing my parents, he looked like he was sixteen an…
Look, girls know when they’re cute,” he said. “You don’t have to tell them. All they need to do is look in the mirror. I have one friend out in New York, an attorney. She moved out there after the school year to take the bar. She doesn’t have a job. I was like, ‘How are you going to get a job there in this market?’ And she’s like, ‘I’ll wink and I’ll smile.’ She’s a pretty girl. Whether that works despite her poor grades is yet to be seen.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 92 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).