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| NOUN: | 1. A brief closing of the eyes: nictation, nictitation, wink. See SEE. 2. A sudden quick light: coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark1, twinkle, wink. See LIGHT. | | VERB: | 1. To open and close the eyes rapidly: bat1, nictate, nictitate, twinkle, wink. See REPETITION, SEE. 2. To pretend not to see. Also used with at: connive at, disregard, ignore, pass over, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, close (or shut) one's eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See SEE. 3. To shine with intermittent gleams: flash, flicker, glimmer, twinkle, wink. See CONTINUE, LIGHT.
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