Meaning of Winking | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of someone who winks.

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Examples

“I have⟳ known some happy spirits, who could sit⟳ for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk⟳ of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect⟳ between some innocent couple […]”

“[…] Billy didn’t get⟳ to see⟳ Dresden do one of the most cheerful things a city is capable of doing when the sun goes down, which is to wink its lights on one by one. ¶ There was a broad river to reflect⟳ those lights, which would have⟳ made their nighttime winkings very pretty indeed.”

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