wink
/ˈwɪŋk/ verb B2- To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.) · He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent.
- To gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker.
He/she/it winks · Past winked · Past participle winked · -ing form winking
Verb forms
- Base form
- wink
- He/she/it
- winks
- Past
- winked
- Past participle
- winked
- -ing form
- winking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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.
The eyes winked three times, and then they turned up to the ceiling and down to the floor and rolled around so queerly that they seemed to see every part of the room.
The little girl began to weep, she was so much disappointed; and the eyes winked again and looked upon her anxiously, as if the Great Oz felt that she could help him if she would.
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