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How to pronounce “wink”

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Pronunciation guide for wink

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of wink with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
What it's like to have Tourette's — and how music gives me back controlThat means that sometimes when I wink my eyes involuntarily,
Definition summary
(obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep.

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How to pronounce wink

What it's like to have Tourette's — and how music gives me back control

That means that sometimes when I wink my eyes involuntarily,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “wink”

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep.
  • (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
  • (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
  • (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
  • (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker.
  • [Noun]
  • An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
  • A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
  • A brief time; an instant.
  • The smallest possible amount.
  • A subtle allusion.

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