winker
Americannoun
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a person or thing that winks.
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a blinker or blinder for a horse.
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Informal. an eyelash or an eye.
noun
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a person or thing that winks
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slang an eye, eyelash, or eyelid
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another name for blinker
Etymology
Origin of winker
Example Sentences
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Now maybe Ian happ to replace winker and I’m happy.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022
It seems to me that winking belongs in the past partly because society is increasingly informal, and the winker needs formality in order to have something to undermine.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2019
She wasn’t as good a winker as Rafe was, but it was a nice effort.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
She’s not a subtle winker, not a subtle anything.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
He examined me, but I never blinked a winker, an' then his face lit up, like as if he'd found a whole plug of tobacco, when he thought his last chew was gone.
From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander
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