winker

[ wing-ker ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that winks.

  2. a blinker or blinder for a horse.

  1. Informal. an eyelash or an eye.

Origin of winker

1
First recorded in 1540–50; wink1 + -er1

Words Nearby winker

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How to use winker in a sentence

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

    The Leatherwood God | William Dean Howells
  • Shore I'd stood there—stock-still—an' never moved an eye-winker.

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

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

    Friar Tuck | Robert Alexander Wason
  • Is a wink a deception for which the winker must answer in the law?

British Dictionary definitions for winker

winker

/ (ˈwɪŋkə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that winks

  2. US and Canadian slang, English dialect an eye, eyelash, or eyelid

  1. another name for blinker (def. 1)

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