name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Colloquial Variant guide
winker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪŋkə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈwɪŋkəɹ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 NG K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
A person who connives with another; a conniver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
Synonym of turn signal (“each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which is used to indicate that the vehicle is moving left or right”); a blinker, an indicator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: turn signal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
Synonym of blinker (“a shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, figuratively, in-plural
Topics: equestrianism, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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Synonyms: blinder, blinker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
A small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, which controls variations of wind pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 7
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
The nictitating membrane (“transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid”) of a birds's eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
Meaning 8
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
An eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, slang
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noun
Meaning 9
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
An eyelash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, US, dialectal, slang
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Synonyms: eye-winker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
Clipping of tiddlywinker (“a player of the game of tiddlywinks”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Qualifier: tiddlywinks
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noun
Meaning 11
blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blinker, blinder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blind, screen
noun
Meaning 12
a person who winks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Winker.
From wink (“blinking of only one eye”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Clipping of tiddlywinker.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: silmäniskijä — person or an animal that winks
- Macedonian: нами́гнувач (namígnuvač) — person or an animal that winks
- Finnish: silmäniskijä — thing which is used to wink with, or which winks
- Finnish: varastopalje — small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, which controls variations of wind pressure
- Finnish: silmä — (dialectal or slang) eye
- Macedonian: о́ко (óko) — (dialectal or slang) eye
- Finnish: ripsi — (dialectal or slang) eyelash
- Macedonian: тре́пка (trépka) — (dialectal or slang) eyelash