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# wink

«wink» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To close and open one eye quickly, often to show a joke…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (wink, winks, winked, winking); noun (a wink, winks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To close and open one eye quickly, often to show a joke, a secret or friendliness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#m1)

2) (verb) Of a light: to flash on and off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#m2)

3) (noun) The act of winking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#m3)

4) (informal) «Not sleep a wink» means not sleep at all; «forty winks» means a short nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job and Psalms, winking with the eye is a sign of scorn or secret malice. In the primary lessons: In stories: a wink tells the reader a character shares a secret or is joking. In everyday talk: «I didn't sleep a wink.» In safety: a stranger's wink or a secret should be told to a trusted adult if it makes you uneasy.

### examples

- And why do thine eyes wink? (Writings JOB.15.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x1)
- Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. (Writings PSA.35.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x2)
- Grandpa gave me a wink and slipped me a sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x3)
- The lights on the tree winked on and off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x4)
- I didn't sleep a wink before the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x5)
- Dad had forty winks on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x6)
- She winked to show she was only joking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x7)
- The emoji with a wink means «just kidding». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: winked. Countable noun. Not the same as «blink» (closing both eyes, usually without meaning to).

### In the corpora

- [That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.154/)
- [He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.268/)
- [And why do thine eyes wink?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.379/)
- [In cartoons potatoes grow on trees and carrots wink from bushes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/3/)
- [Seren rolls her eyes, then sees him wink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wink» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wink/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.