Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wink or motion of the eyelid; a hint or token.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wink; a token.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun poetic An
instant , a short moment. - noun The
winking of aneye .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An eyewink in human history, no more than a pimple on the ass of modern prosperity.
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Now they had technology that could create vehicles capable of crossing that distance in literally an eyewink.
Star Trek: A Rock and a Hard Place Peter David 1990
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Now they had technology that could create vehicles capable of crossing that distance in literally an eyewink.
Star Trek: A Rock and a Hard Place Peter David 1990
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Now they had technology that could create vehicles capable of crossing that distance in literally an eyewink.
Star Trek: A Rock and a Hard Place Peter David 1990
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Now they had technology that could create vehicles capable of crossing that distance in literally an eyewink.
Star Trek: A Rock and a Hard Place Peter David 1990
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So rapid is this movement that "quick as a wink" is a common phrase to signify speed, and the German word for "an instant" is ein Augenblick ( "an eyewink").
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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On coming into the room where Min and I were regarding Dicky Chip's performances with loving eyes, and I completely "translated" by various combinating influences, Mrs Clyde appeared to take in the situation in an instant -- "an eyewink," as a minute portion of time is happily rendered in the Teutonic tongue.
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"In an eyewink that poet was up, grabs the ball, and comes tearin 'back toward us.
The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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