winking
Meaning of winking
verb
- To close one's eyes in sleep.
- To close one's eyes.
- Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
- To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
- 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 intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
noun
The act of someone who winks.
Information about winking
- The plural form of winking is: winkings.
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Hyphenation of winking
wink-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- winking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
winking synonyms
Meaning blinking:
Meaning blink:
blink, blinking, wink, nictitation, nictation
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