winker

[ wing-ker ]

noun

1. a person or thing that winks. wink.
2. a blinker or blinder for a horse.
3. Informal. an eyelash or an eye.

winker

/ ˈwɪŋkə /

noun

1. a person or thing that winks
2. slang.
   an eye, eyelash, or eyelid
3. another name for blinker

Word History and Origins

Origin of winker¹

First recorded in 1540–50; wink ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

But he stood there, straight as a ramrod, and never moved a eye-winker.

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Shore I'd stood there—stock-still—an' never moved an eye-winker.

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She's a real nice lady, too, and goodlooking—but a grafter to her last eye winker.

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Now, a lot o preachers would a gone blue an sour at that; but the Friar never blinked a winker.

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Is a wink a deception for which the winker must answer in the law?

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