winking

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winking

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of wink

noun winkings

The act of someone who winks. I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple […]

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@misc{winking_2026,
  title = {winking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/winking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}