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wink noun

  /ˈwɪŋk/
  • A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
 silmällinen
  • An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
 silmänisku
  • A brief time; an instant.
 silmänräpäys
  • A subtle allusion.
 vihjaus
  • The smallest possible amount.
 vilaus

wink verb

  /ˈwɪŋk/
  • (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.)
 iskeä silmää, vilkuttaa
  • (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
 tuikkia, vilkkua
sleep a wink
nukkua silmällinen
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