OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16602

wink

/ˈwɪŋk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
guiñada • guiño
An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
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📚 verb • entry_id 16601

wink

/ˈwɪŋk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bizquear • cucar • guiñar • picar el ojo
To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent.
Oliver saw Kit Carson wink at the lieutenant and Lucien Maxwell, as the speech reached them, and it was evident that these three leaders did not believe the Indian tales. Consequen…
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