Wink (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Winked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Winking.] [OE. winken, AS. wincian; akin to D. wenken, G. winken to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vinke, AS. wancol wavering, OHG. wanchal wavering, wanch&unr_;n to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak; cf. AS. wincel a corner. Cf. Wench, Wince, v. i.]
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1. To nod; to sleep; to nap. [Obs.] “Although I wake or wink.” Chaucer.
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2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
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He must wink, so loud he would cry. Chaucer.
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And I will wink, so shall the day seem night. Shak.
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They are not blind, but they wink. Tillotson.
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3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
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A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day. Hawthorne.
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4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
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Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. Swift.
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5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
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The times of this ignorance God winked at. Acts xvii. 30.
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And yet, as though he knew it not,
His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign. Herbert.
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Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued. Locke.
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6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
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Winking monkey (Zoöl.), the white-nosed monkey (Cersopithecus nictitans).
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Wink, n. 1. The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
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I have not slept one wink. Shak.
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I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink. Donne.
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2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. Sir. P. Sidney.
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The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down,
And tips you, the freeman, a wink. Swift.
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