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# wink

verb (wink, winks, winked, winking); noun (a wink, winks)

«wink» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To close and open one eye quickly, often to show a joke, a secret or friendliness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#m1)
2. (verb) Of a light: to flash on and off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#m2)
3. (noun) The act of winking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#m3)
4. (informal) «Not sleep a wink» means not sleep at all; «forty winks» means a short nap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories: a wink tells the reader a character shares a secret or is joking. In everyday talk: «I didn't sleep a wink.» In safety: a stranger's wink or a secret should be told to a trusted adult if it makes you uneasy.

### Examples

- Grandpa gave me a wink and slipped me a sweet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#x1)
- The lights on the tree winked on and off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#x2)
- I didn't sleep a wink before the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#x3)
- Dad had forty winks on the sofa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#x4)
- She winked to show she was only joking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#x5)
- The emoji with a wink means «just kidding». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: winked. Countable noun. Not the same as «blink» (closing both eyes, usually without meaning to).

## In Jewish tradition

In Job and Psalms, winking with the eye is a sign of scorn or secret malice. In the primary lessons: In stories: a wink tells the reader a character shares a secret or is joking. In everyday talk: «I didn't sleep a wink.» In safety: a stranger's wink or a secret should be told to a trusted adult if it makes you uneasy.

### Examples

- And why do thine eyes wink? (Writings JOB.15.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x1)
- Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. (Writings PSA.35.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb: winked. Countable noun. Not the same as «blink» (closing both eyes, usually without meaning to).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wink/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «wink» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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