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Verb wink has 4 senses
- wink - signal by winking; "She winked at him"
--1 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
--2 is one way to radiate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- blink, wink, nictitate, nictate - briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
--3 is one way to act involuntarily, act reflexively
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- wink, blink, blink away - force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
--4 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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