to wink is a form of:
Wink
noun
- 1.
- (act of winking hint conveyed by winking. -wink at to ignore deliberately) ការប៉ប្រិចភ្នែក, give her a wink ការមិចភ្នែកដាក់ be there in a wink មួយប៉ប្រិចភ្នែក, dindn't sleep a wink មួយស្រឡេត
verb — past tense: winked ; past participle: winked ; present participle: winking ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to close and open an eyelid quickly so as to signal, etc., to twinkle, to make [an eye] wink. to blink. to convey hint by flick of eyelid, to twinkle) wink at a friend មិចភ្នែកដាក់ wink at his faults បិទភ្នែក, ធ្វើដូចជាមិនដឹង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) ញ័រធ្វើភ្លិបភ្លែត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
- 2.
- A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
verb — past tense: winked ; past participle: winked ; present participle: winking ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause (the eyes) to wink.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
- 1.
- To nod, to sleep, to nap