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Antonyms for WINK
wɪŋkwink
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blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun
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"
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nictitation, second, instant, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, heartbeat, minute, news bulletin, moment, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, pulsation, winking, flash bulb, wink, nictation, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, blink, fanfare, trice, twinklingwinknoun
closing one eye quickly as a signal
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nictitation, instant, blink of an eye, blinking, flash, blink, split second, heartbeat, twinkling, nictation, trice, winking, jiffy, eye blinkblink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictationverb
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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instant, nictitation, blinking, flash, eye blink, split second, blink, heartbeat, jiffy, nictation, trice, winking, wink, twinkling, blink of an eyewinkverb
signal by winking
"She winked at him"
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twinkle, flash, nictate, nictitate, winkle, blink, blink awayflash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkleverb
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
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scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, flash, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, wink, scud, nictate, twinkle, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentateblink, wink, nictitate, nictateverb
briefly shut the eyes
"The TV announcer never seems to blink"
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winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, wink, nictitatewink, blink, blink awayverb
force to go away by blinking
"blink away tears"
Synonyms:
winkle, blink away, flash, blink, twinkle, nictate, wink, nictitate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
winkverb
Synonyms:
nictate, nictitate, overlook, ignore, connive at
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closed
not opening and closing your eye but shutting it
he lay there winking he lay there eyes closed
How to use WINK in a sentence?
How often we mistake numbness for healing, only to find the pain waiting for you at the front door with a wink. You can run from it, but you can't hide from it. If you don't heal it, it will find its way back to you.
I walked into the Speedway and I purchased $ 10 worth of individual Powerball tickets, i honestly felt so lucky that I did look up at the camera and I wanted to wink at it cause I just had that lucky feeling.
The older rules were nudge-nudge, wink-wink. These rules are very clear.
Growing up in Miami Beach, we had Lilly Pulitzer and Laura Ashley. I was used to a lot of color, you could call it a light bulb [ moment ] or a God-wink. I don't know what it was, but we went back and started the company the next day.
The promise of accountability was the only check on this guy [ MBS ], now it's gone, when the President of the US goes to this murderer's hometown to appease him, he's not only glossing over his past heinous crimes with stunning impunity but enabling his future ones. It's a wink-wink nudge-nudge to commit the next crime in a cleaner, less messy fashion.
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