Synonyms of the word

wink

• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To turn a blind eye.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion. (When transitive,…
• v. (intransitive) To twinkle.
• v. (intransitive) To be dim and flicker.
• n. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
• n. A brief time; an instant.
• n. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
• n. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.

bit

• n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
• n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
• n. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British…
• n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
• n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first…
• n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly…
• n. A small amount of something.
• n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
• n. A portion of something.
• n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
• n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
• n. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
• n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
• n. The cutting iron of a plane.
• adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
• v. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
• v. simple past tense of bite.
• v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten.
• adj. (colloquial) bitten.
• adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
• n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
• n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
• n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
• n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
• n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

blink

• v. (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
• v. To flash on and off at regular intervals.
• v. (hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
• v. To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
• v. (Scotland) To trick; to deceive.
• v. To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
• v. (video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.
• n. The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
• n. (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
• n. (computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
• n. A glimpse or glance.
• n. (Britain, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
• n. (nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice…
• n. (sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
• n. (video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances.

blinking

• adj. That or who blinks or blink.
• adj. (Britain, euphemistic, slang) bloody.
• v. present participle of blink.
• n. The act of something that blinks.

conquer

• v. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• v. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
• v. To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
• v. To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

curb

• n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
• n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
• n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
• n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
• n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
• n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
• v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
• v. (transitive) To rein in.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
• v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
• v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
• v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
• v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

flash

• v. To briefly illuminate a scene.
• v. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
• v. To be visible briefly.
• v. To make visible briefly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To briefly, and in most cases inadvertently, expose one's naked body…
• v. (transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons…
• v. (figuratively) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
• v. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
• v. To communicate quickly.
• v. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
• v. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.).
• v. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
• v. (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
• v. (glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
• v. (juggling) To perform a flash.
• v. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
• n. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
• n. A very short amount of time.
• n. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
• n. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
• n. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
• n. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
• n. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
• n. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood…
• n. (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help…
• n. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
• adj. (Britain and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
• adj. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
• n. A pool.
• n. (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream…

gesticulate

• v. (intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
• v. (transitive) To say or express through gestures.

gesture

• n. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
• n. An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
• n. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
• v. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.

heartbeat

• n. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
• n. The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
• n. A driving impulse or vital force.
• n. A very short space of time; an instant.
• n. (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize…

inhibit

• v. to hinder; to restrain.

instant

• n. A very short period of time; a moment.
• n. A single, usually precise, point in time.
• n. A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
• n. A day of the current month (abbreviated as: inst.).
• adj. (dated) Impending; imminent.
• adj. (dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
• adj. Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
• adj. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
• adj. Very quickly and easily prepared.
• adj. Of the current month (abbreviation inst.).
• adv. (poetic) At once; immediately.

jiffy

• n. (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
• n. (computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention,…
• n. (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
• n. (physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre,…

minute

• n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
• n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
• n. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
• n. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent…
• n. A point in time; a moment.
• n. A nautical or a geographic mile.
• n. An old coin, a half farthing.
• n. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
• n. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
• n. (slang, US, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
• v. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
• v. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
• adj. Very small.
• adj. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

moment

• n. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• n. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
• n. Weight or importance.
• n. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the…
• n. (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth…
• n. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
• n. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
• n. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
• n. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

nictate

• v. To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.

nictation

• n. an act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink.

nictitate

• v. (transitive) to wink or blink.

nictitation

• n. Winking, blinking.

radiate

• v. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
• v. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
• v. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
• v. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
• v. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.
• adj. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
• adj. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
• adj. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
• adj. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
• adj. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
• n. (zoology) One of the Radiata.

reflex

• n. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
• n. (linguistics) the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter…
• n. (obsolete) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
• adj. Bent, turned back or reflected.
• adj. Produced automatically by a stimulus.
• adj. (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
• adj. (photography) Of a camera or camera mechanism, using a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass…
• v. to bend, turn back or reflect.
• v. to respond to a stimulus.

second

• adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding…
• adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
• adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
• adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
• adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
• n. One that is number two in a series.
• n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
• n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
• n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
• n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
• n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this…
• n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised…
• n. The second gear of an engine.
• n. (baseball) Second base.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
• v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
• n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation…
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
• n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
• v. (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
• n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement…
• n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.

subdue

• v. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
• v. To bring (a country) under control by force.

suppress

• v. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
• v. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
• v. (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
• v. To prevent publication.
• v. To stop a flow or stream.
• v. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
• v. (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
• v. (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

trice

• n. A roller; windlass.
• n. A very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice.
• v. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
• v. (nautical) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

twinkle

• v. (of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
• v. (chiefly of eyes) to be bright with delight.
• v. to bat, blink or wink the eyes.
• v. to flit to and fro.
• n. a sparkle or glimmer of light.
• n. a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
• n. a flitting movement.

twinkling

• adj. Sparkling intermittently.
• n. A shining with fast intermittent light.
• n. A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
• v. present participle of twinkle.

winking

• v. present participle of wink.
• n. The act of one who winks.

winkle

• n. A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
• n. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus…
• n. (children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
• v. To extract.