wink

/wˈɪŋk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. signal by winking
   “She winked at him”
2. gleam or glow intermittently
   “The lights were flashing”
3. briefly shut the eyes
   “The TV announcer never seems to blink”
4. keep back by blinking
   “blink away tears”

noun

1. 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”
2. closing one eye quickly as a signal
3. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Synonyms for wink

• flash
• blink
• twinkle
• winkle
• nictitate
• nictate
• blink away
• blink of an eye
• heartbeat
• instant
• jiffy
• split second
• trice
• twinkling
• New York minute
• eye blink
• blinking
• winking
• nictitation
• nictation

Words that rhyme with wink

• think
• link
• sink
• drink
• pink
• chink
• shrink
• ink
• blink
• clink
• brink
• fink
• mink
• stink
• dink
• hoodwink
• interlink
• rethink
• zinc
• cinque
• doublethink
• rink
• sync
• uplink
• airlink
• bink
• cinq
• equilink
• finck
• fincke