āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to wink
01
āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻž, āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to quickly open and close one eye as a sign of affection or to indicate something is a secret or a joke
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The comedian on stage would often wink at the audience after delivering a clever punchline.
āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻž, āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to close and open both eyelids quickly
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sudden brightness made him wink repeatedly to adjust.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to shine or flash on and off in a quick, intermittent manner
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The streetlight winked on and off as the power fluctuated.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
01
the act of closing and opening one eye quickly, usually once
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A wink can signal a shared secret.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lights flickered for a wink before returning to normal.
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
a reflexive movement of the eyes closing and opening rapidly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He experienced a quick wink when dust entered his eye.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
winker
winking
winking
wink
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
