WINK


Meaning of WINK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wɪŋk ]

( winks, winking, winked)

1.

When you wink 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 winked at his bride-to-be...

VERB : V at n

Wink is also a noun.

I gave her a wink.

N-COUNT : usu sing

2.

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

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

PHRASE : V inflects

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