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To nod; to sleep; to nap., To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion., To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink., To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only., To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at., To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks., To cause (the eyes) to wink., The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment., A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

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A wink in the year 1100 was recorded as meaning 'close an eye as a hint or signal'.

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to close one eye and not the other for a split second....... i dont know how to make it any clearer than that

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