Wink vs. Blink

Winkverb

To close one's eyes in sleep.

Blinkverb

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

‘The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.’;

Winkverb

(intransitive) To close one's eyes.

Blinkverb

(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

‘She blinked her tears away.’;

Winkverb

(intransitive) To turn a blind eye; to connive. Usually with at.

Blinkverb

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Winkverb

(intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

Blinkverb

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Winkverb

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.)

‘He winked at me.’; ‘She winked her eye.’; ‘He winked his assent.’;

Blinkverb

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Winkverb

(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

Blinkverb

To flash on and off at regular intervals.

‘The blinking text on the screen was distracting.’;

Winknoun

An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

Blinkverb

To flash headlights on a car at.

‘An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.’;

Winknoun

A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

Blinkverb

To send a signal with a lighting device.

‘Don't come to the door until I blink twice.’;

Winknoun

A brief time; an instant.

Blinkverb

(hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

Winknoun

The smallest possible amount.

Blinkverb

(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.

‘to blink the question’;

Winknoun

A subtle allusion.

‘The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.’;

Blinkverb

(Scotland) To trick; to deceive.

Winknoun

(Chiefly British) Periwinkle.

Blinkverb

To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.

Winkverb

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

Blinkverb

To teleport, mostly for short distances.

Winkverb

To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

‘He must wink, so loud he would cry.’; ‘And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.’; ‘They are not blind, but they wink.’;

Blinknoun

The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

Winkverb

To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.

‘A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day.’;

Blinknoun

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

Winkverb

To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

‘Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.’;

Blinknoun

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

Winkverb

To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; - generally with at.

‘The times of this ignorance God winked at.’; ‘And yet, as though he knew it not,His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign.’; ‘Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.’;

Blinknoun

A glimpse or glance.

Winkverb

To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

Blinknoun

gleam; glimmer; sparkle

Winkverb

To cause (the eyes) to wink.

Blinknoun

(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink

Winknoun

The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

‘I have not slept one wink.’; ‘I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink.’;

Blinknoun

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.

Winknoun

A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

‘The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down,And tips you, the freeman, a wink.’;

Blinknoun

(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances

Winknoun

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);

‘if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash’;

Blinkverb

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

‘One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.’;

Winknoun

closing one eye quickly as a signal

Blinkverb

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

‘Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.’;

Winknoun

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Blinkverb

To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

‘The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.’; ‘The sun blinked fair on pool and stream .’;

Winkverb

signal by winking;

‘She winked at him’;

Blinkverb

To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

Winkverb

gleam or glow intermittently;

‘The lights were flashing’;

Blinkverb

To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

Winkverb

briefly shut the eyes;

‘The TV announcer never seems to blink’;

Blinkverb

To trick; to deceive.

Winkverb

force to go away by blinking;

‘blink away tears’;

Blinknoun

A glimpse or glance.

‘This is the first blink that ever I had of him.’;

Winkverb

close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or as a signal of affection or greeting

‘he winked at Nicole as he passed’;

Blinknoun

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

‘Not a blink of light was there.’;

Winkverb

pretend not to notice (something bad or illegal)

‘the authorities winked at their illegal trade’;

Blinknoun

The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

Winkverb

(of a bright object or a light) shine or flash intermittently

‘the diamond on her finger winked in the moonlight’;

Blinknoun

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.

Winknoun

an act of winking

‘Barney gave him a knowing wink’;

Blinknoun

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Wink

A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signaling shared hidden knowledge or intent.

Blinkverb

briefly shut the eyes;

‘The TV announcer never seems to blink’;

Blinkverb

force to go away by blinking;

‘blink away tears’;

Blinkverb

gleam or glow intermittently;

‘The lights were flashing’;