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wink

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

  2. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

  3. A brief time; an instant.

verb
  1. To close one's eyes in sleep.

  2. To close one's eyes.

  3. Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

    Similar: connive, shut one's eyes

Synonymsconnive, shut one's eyes, nictitate

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