wink
verb (used without object)
to close and open one eye quickly as a hint or signal or with some sly meaning (often followed byat ).
will wink
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future tenseof wink.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Granted, there is not much chance that Lightning McQueen, a talking, grinning red hybrid between a Mazda Miata and a Dodge Viper from Pixar's animated film "Cars" will wink at you on the street.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2012
Peyton Place, charged with having a "petit bourgeois consumer mentality," will wink off Belgrade TV screens next month.
From Time Magazine Archive
He will wink his tired eyes at you and say: "I want you distinctly to understand that I'm one in a hundred."
From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Arthur Brisbane
A very fine plan, indeed," said Temple, smiling; "and you really suppose I will wink at your indulging the girl in this manner?
From Charlotte Temple by Mrs. Susanna (Haswell) Rowson
And Mr. Holmes, having been a fifteen-year-old boy himself, will wink at any previous knowledge of such connivings, and say 'Yes,' as innocently!
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin Maria
