WINK


Meaning of WINK in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

When you ~ at someone, you look towards them and close one eye very briefly, usually as a signal that something is a joke or a secret.

Brian ~ed at his bride-to-be...

VERB: V at n

Wink is also a noun.

I gave her a ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing

2.

If you say that you did not sleep a ~ or did not get a ~ of sleep, you mean that you tried to go to sleep but could not. (INFORMAL)

I didn’t get a ~ of sleep on the aeroplane.

PHRASE: V inflects

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