2. To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a
quick motion.
He must wink, so loud he would cry. --Chaucer.
And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.
--Shak.
They are not blind, but they wink. --Tillotson.
3. To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to
blink.
A baby of some three months old, who winked, and
turned aside its little face from the too vivid
light of day. --Hawthorne.
4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of
one eye only.
Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.
--Swift.
5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to
connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
The times of this ignorance God winked at. --Acts
xvii. 30.
And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge
winks, and lets his humors reign. --Herbert.
Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.
--Locke.
6. To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
{Winking monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the white-nosed monkey
({Cersopithecus nictitans}).