Wink

v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Winked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Winking.]
	1.	To nod; to sleep; to nap.
	2.	To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion. He must wink, so loud he would cry. - Chaucer. And I will wink, so shall the day seem night. - Shak. They are not blind, but they wink. - Tillotson.
	3.	To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink. A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day. - Hawthorne.
	4.	To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only. Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. - Swift.
	5.	To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; - generally with at. The times of this ignorance God winked at. - Acts xvii. 30. And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign. - Herbert. Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued. - Locke.
	6.	To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks. Winking monkey (Zool.) the white-nosed monkey (Cersopithecus nictitans).
v. t.	1.	To cause (the eyes) to wink.
n.	1.	The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment. I have not slept one wink. - Shak. I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink. - Donne.
	2.	A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down, And tips you, the freeman, a wink. - Swift.

Noun	1.	wink - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" Synonyms: instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash
	2.	wink - closing one eye quickly as a signal
	3.	wink - a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking
Verb	1.	wink - signal by winking; "She winked at him"
	2.	wink - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" Synonyms: flash, twinkle, winkle, blink
	3.	wink - briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate
	4.	wink - force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" Synonyms: blink away, blink

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