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1. Signal by winking
   "She winked at him"
    
2. Gleam or glow intermittently
   - flash, blink, twinkle, winkle
    
3. Briefly shut the eyes
   - blink, nictitate, nictate
    
4. Force to go away by blinking
   - blink, blink away

1. A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
   - blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, New York minute, jiff
    
2. Closing one eye quickly as a signal
    
3. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
   - blink, eye blink, blinking, winking, nictitation, nictation

Derived forms: winks, winking, winked

See also: winker

Type of: act involuntarily, act reflexively, bit, conquer, curb, facial expression, facial gesture, gesticulate, gesture, inborn reflex, inhibit, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, minute, mo, moment, motion, physiological reaction, radiate, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, second, stamp down, subdue, suppress, unconditioned reflex

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