wink

Noun

• a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

• closing one eye quickly as a signal

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
  • if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
    

Verb

• force to go away by blinking
  • blink away tears
    

• briefly shut the eyes
  • The TV announcer never seems to blink
    

• gleam or glow intermittently
  • The lights were flashing
    

• signal by winking
  • She winked at him
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  blink , eye blink , blinking , winking , nictitation , nictation , blink away , nictitate , nictate , flash , twinkle , winkle