Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that winks, as.
- noun A blinder for a horse.
- noun Informal An eye.
- noun Informal An eyelash.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who winks.
- noun One of the blinders of a horse; a blinker.
- noun An eyelash; also, the eye.
- noun The nictitating or winking membrane of a bird's eye; the third eyelid.
- noun The winking muscle (which see, under
wink , verb). - noun In an organ, a small bellows, compressed by a spring, attached to the side of a wind-trunk so as to regulate slight variations in the tension of the air within. Also called
concussion-bellows .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who winks.
- noun A horse's blinder; a blinker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A horse's blinder; a blinker.
- noun somebody who
winks
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
- noun a person who winks
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chained_bear commented on the word winker
Player of tiddlywinks.
August 27, 2008