wink
/ˈwɪŋk/ noun B2- An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
- A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
- A brief time; an instant.
- The smallest possible amount.
- A subtle allusion. · The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.
Plural winks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It isn’t good manners to wink at a strange girl.”
While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her.
She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way.
And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye.
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