| VERB | body | wink | signal by winking |
|---|---|---|---|
| perception | wink, flash, blink, twinkle, winkle | gleam or glow intermittently | |
| body | wink, blink, nictitate, nictate | briefly shut the eyes | |
| body | wink, blink, blink away | force to go away by blinking | |
| NOUN | time | wink, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, New York minute | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| communication | wink | closing one eye quickly as a signal | |
| act | wink, blink, eye blink, blinking, winking, nictitation, nictation | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
| Sounds | wih'ngk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | blink ... zinc: 27 rhymes with ihngk... | |
| Meaning | A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, New York minute | |
| Broader | moment, mo, minute, second, bit | An indefinitely short time |
| Spanish | instante, momento, parpadeo, periquete, santiamén, segundo | |
| Catalan | flash, instant, pensament, segon, tres i no res | |
| Meaning | Closing one eye quickly as a signal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | facial expression, facial gesture | A gesture executed with the facial muscles |
| Spanish | pestañeo | |
| Verbs | wink | force to go away by blinking |
| wink | signal by winking | |
| Meaning | A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | blink, eye blink, blinking, winking, nictitation, nictation | |
| Narrower | palpebration | repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent) |
| Broader | reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction | An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
| Spanish | guiño, parpadeo, pestañeo | |
| Catalan | parpelleig, pestanyeig, pipelleig | |
| Verbs | wink | briefly shut the eyes |
| Meaning | Signal by winking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She winked at him" | |
| Broader | gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement |
| Spanish | guiñar | |
| Nouns | wink | closing one eye quickly as a signal |
| winker | a person who winks / winks | |
| Meaning | gleam or glow intermittently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | flash, blink, twinkle, winkle | |
| Narrower | flicker, flick | flash intermittently |
| Broader | radiate | Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
| Spanish | brillar intermitentemente, centellear, destellar, relampaguear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, llambrar, llambregar, llampegar, llampeguejar | |
| Meaning | briefly shut the eyes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | blink, nictitate, nictate | |
| Narrower | bat, flutter | wink briefly |
| palpebrate | wink or blink, especially repeatedly | |
| Broader | act involuntarily, act reflexively | Act in an uncontrolled manner |
| Spanish | guiñar, parpadear, pestañear | |
| Catalan | pestanyejar | |
| Nouns | wink, winking | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
| winker | a person who winks / winks | |
| Meaning | Force to go away by blinking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | blink, blink away | |
| Broader | restrain, keep, keep back, hold back | Keep under control |
| Spanish | pestañear | |
| Catalan | parpallejar, pestanyejar | |
| Nouns | wink | closing one eye quickly as a signal |
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