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(US, UK, dialect) To wink.
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To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
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(humorous) A mythical automotive material used either in jokes or to gauge how inept someone is in basic auto mechanics.
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(obsolete) The act of winking.
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(colloquial, US, dated) An eyelash.
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(poetic) An instant, a short moment.
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Any of several species of burrowing clams.
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Alternative form of God wink [An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it is seen as a sign of divine intervention, especially when perceived as the answer to a prayer.]
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Alternative form of God wink [An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it is seen as a sign of divine intervention, especially when perceived as the answer to a prayer.]
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Alternative form of hoodwink [(transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.]
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(countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
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(Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.
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(medicine) An involuntary upward jerking of the eyelid accompanying movements of the lower jaw.
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Alternative spelling of leather-lunged [(idiomatic) Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.]
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(of a sound) very high-pitched.
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An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink.
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(obsolete) To wink; to blink.
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(obsolete or dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.
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(tiddlywinks) A wink that is squopped.
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(archaic, intransitive) to labour, to work hard
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(slang, transitive, intransitive, dated, idiomatic) To give (somebody) a hint or suggestion, as if by a wink; to ask or tell surreptitiously.
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(music) Characterised by lots of treble.
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(idiomatic) A very short sleep, half as long as forty winks.
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(informal) Resembling, characteristic of, or suffering from a twinge.
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Alternative form of twingey [(informal) Resembling, characteristic of, or suffering from a twinge.]
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(figuratively) An actor, actress, or public figure who is considered to be no more than eye candy.
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Somewhat like, or resembling a twink.
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(idiomatic, colloquial, humorous) A notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.
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One who, or that which, twinkles or winks.
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Characterised or marked by twinkling
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Being or resembling a twink
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(now dialectal) A corner of the mouth or eye.
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A brief time; an instant.
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(games) A children's game in which a designated player attempts to wink at as many people as possible in order to "kill" them, without being caught by the player who has to find out who the murderer is.
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(dialect, colloquial) An eye.
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(colloquial) To turn a blind eye (to something); to make an indirect reference to something unspoken, especially something indecent.
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(UK, colloquial) An eye.
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(art, rare) A work typified by winking, either literally or in the form of ironic self-reference.
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One who finds and sells winkles.
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tending to wink; winking
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