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Meanings of
winking
in English
Portuguese
piscamento
Catalan
parpelleig
Spanish
guiño
Back to the meaning
A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.
wink
blink
eye blink
nictitation
nictation
Portuguese
piscamento
Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly.
blinking
Related terms
closed
shut
Synonyms
Examples for "
blinking
"
blinking
Examples for "
blinking
"
1
Grant stepped out,
blinking
in the light, and said, Good work, kids.
2
His health bar was
blinking
red, and he was out of bandages.
3
Most men are heavily handicapped; it is no good
blinking
the fact.
4
Then they were
blinking
about at a wonderful view of the City.
5
She removed her nose-trap and stood
blinking
blindly in the white candlelight.
Usage of
winking
in English
1
We would see the fire-flies
winking
in the bush above the beaches
2
She was fairly sure that this was the Sempitern's way of
winking
.
3
Morning has sprouted, pale and
winking
,
by the time they say good-bye.
4
The opportunity was there,
winking
at him like a great cosmic joke.
5
Except that it's only
winking
from the left side of the display.
6
He accused the priests of loose teaching and shameless
winking
at sin.
7
It was not likely the Madonna was
winking
in a heretic's parlor.
8
The soldiers looked at me, and I saw some of them
winking
.
9
Thou canst cast a spell by the mere
winking
of an eye.
10
Chloe sauntered past in shapeless work clothes,
winking
as she went by.
11
The little grey device came down on my wrist, charged light
winking
.
12
And watch them well: rye cakes do burn while one is
winking
.
13
And
winking
his merry eye, Barbee turned back toward the lunch counter.
14
Those
winking
lamps beside the gate a dull watch seem to keep-
15
The dollar spun upwards,
winking
,
and clanked on the rocks, tails up.
16
I had thought that the lights were
winking
,
but they were not.
Other examples for "winking"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
winking
wink
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
wink at
wink back
wink eyes
wink rapidly
wink very
More collocations
Translations for
winking
Portuguese
piscamento
Catalan
parpelleig
pestanyeig
pipelleig
Spanish
guiño
Winking
through the time
Winking
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common