Unscramble wink

Definition of wink

noun:

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash". Synonyms: New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling.
• closing one eye quickly as a signal.
• a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking.

verb:

• signal by winking; "She winked at him".
• gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing". Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, winkle.
• briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink". Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate.
• force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears". Synonyms: blink, blink away.

Related words

bat, flick, flicker, flutter, palpebrate, palpebration.

Words nearby

dink, fink, ink, kink, link, mink, oink, pink, rink, sink, tink, wank, wick, win, wind, wine, wing, wino, winy, wonk.

Rhymes with

blink, brink, chink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, fink, inc, ink, interlink, link, mink, pink, rethink, rink, shrink, sink, stink, sync.