Wink

Wink

A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signalling shared hidden knowledge or intent, which may also include, in all contexts, sexual attraction.

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Famous quotes containing the word wink:

    “And yet this great wink of eternity,”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    “The eye is the casement at which the heart generally looks out. Many a woman who will not show herself at the door, has tipt the sly, the intelligible wink from the window.”
    —Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

    “This will make widows wince. But fictive things
    Wink as they will. Wink most when widows wince.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)