Definition of Wink

Verb: wink wingk

Signal by winking
"She winked at him"
Gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were winking";
- flash, blink, twinkle, winkle
Briefly shut the eyes
"The TV announcer never seems to wink";
- blink, nictitate, nictate
Force to go away by blinking
"wink away tears";
- blink, blink away

Noun: wink wingk

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a wink";
- blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, New York minute [US], jiff
Closing one eye quickly as a signal
A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- blink, eye blink, blinking, winking, nictitation, nictation