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wink

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4 characters
English (US)
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wink

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, wink is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofwink

1noun
  • An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
  • A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
  • A brief time; an instant.
  • The smallest possible amount.
  • A subtle allusion.

    Example: "The film includes a wink to wartime rationing."

1verb
  • To close one's eyes in sleep.
  • To close one's eyes.
  • Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

    Synonyms: connive, "shut one's eyes"

  • To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
  • To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

    Example: "He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent."

  • To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

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