wink
verb/wɪŋk/
/wɪŋk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they wink | /wɪŋk/ /wɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it winks | /wɪŋks/ /wɪŋks/ |
| past simple winked | /wɪŋkt/ /wɪŋkt/ |
| past participle winked | /wɪŋkt/ /wɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form winking | /ˈwɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈwɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] wink (at somebody) to close one eye and open it again quickly, especially as a private signal to somebody, or to show something is a joke
- He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was.
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2- He winked broadly at Lucinda.
- I saw him wink at her.
- She winked at me, and I winked back.
- She winked knowingly at Jack.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- cheekily
- conspiratorially
- …
- at
- [intransitive] to shine with an unsteady light; to flash on and off synonym blink
- We could see the lights of the ship winking in the distance.
Word OriginOld English wincian ‘close the eyes’, of Germanic origin; related to German winken ‘to wave’, also to wince.
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