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(computing, dated) A type of emoticon such as <@_@>, which represents an unrotated expression, unlike a smiley.
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(tiddlywinks) To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away.
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(countable, tiddlywinks) A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
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(Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
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(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
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(countable) A rhyming pair of words that describe a single object, normally as a punchline to a riddle in the game, e.g. "fat cat" for "overweight feline".
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Alternative form of hink pink [(uncountable) A game in which players guess a rhyming phrase, given definitions or synonyms of the words.]
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Alternative form of kiddywink [(informal) A child.]
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Alternative form of kiddywink [(informal) A child.]
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Alternative form of kiddlywink [(Cornwall, historical) A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider.]
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Alternative form of kiddlywink [(Cornwall, historical) A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider.]
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(historical) A small village shop.
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(Internet slang, humorous) Synonym of majestic flap flap.
adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pink, handed.: having hands that are pink.
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Alternative form of pilliwinks [(chiefly Scotland, historical) A torture device for squeezing the fingers; a thumbscrew.]
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(uncountable) A tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk.
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(tiddlywinks) To fire a wink with a squidger.
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(tiddlywinks, rare) Someone who squidges a wink in the game of tiddlywinks.
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(tiddlywinks) To play a wink so that it comes to rest vertically above some or all parts of another wink.
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Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks This is the spelling originally trademarked in the UK.
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Alternative form of tiddlywinks [(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.]
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Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks [(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.]
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Alternative form of tiddlywink [(dialectal, slang) An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.]
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(tiddlywinks) A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
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(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.
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(UK, dated) Alternative spelling of tiddlywinks [(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.]
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The act of repair or invention.
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Alternative spelling of tinker's damn [An insignificant or worthless amount or thing.]
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An insignificant or worthless amount or thing.
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Alternative form of tinker's damn [An insignificant or worthless amount or thing.]
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(games) A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. The child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying the rhyme "tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar-man, thief", moving to the next item after naming each profession. The item pointed at on the word 'thief' is the one chosen.
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In the manner of a tinker.
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(obsolete) That works as a tinker
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A person who experiences tics.
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(colloquial) A brief moment; a twinkling.
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A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
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A player of the game of tiddlywinks.
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