Wink

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To cause (the eyes) to wink.

II. Wink ·vi To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

III. Wink ·noun A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

IV. Wink ·vi To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

V. Wink ·vi To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

VI. Wink ·vi To Nod; to Sleep; to Nap.

VII. Wink ·vi To close and open the eyelids quickly; to Nictitate; to Blink.

VIII. Wink ·vi To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant;

— generally with at.

IX. Wink ·noun 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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