Wink At

Definition: Wink At

Wink At

Verb

1. Give one's silent approval to.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Wink At

Forgiveness

Verb: forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury. excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at; (neglect); bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront.

Neglect

Overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at;gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller.

Permission

Verb: permit; give permission; Noun: give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to.

Why'd you wink at me (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "wink at": why do you wink at me? ♦ wink at an abuse ♦ wink at each other ♦ wink at smb. ♦ wink at smth.. Additional references.

Albanian

mbyll sytë përpara diçkaje, e marr lehtë diçka. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تجاهل (cut, disregard, eliminate, ignore, ignoring, inattention, neglect, overlooking, override, passing over, slight, slighting). (various references)

Bulgarian 

затварям с очите за. (various references)

Czech

mrkat na. (various references)

Finnish

iskeä silmää jollekulle. (various references)

French

prendre qch � la légère (wink at smth.), fermer les yeux sur qch (wink at smth.). (various references)

German

zublinzeln. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תעלם מן-. (various references)

Hungarian

rákacsint, kacsint valakire. (various references)

Italian

ammiccare a. (various references)

Pig Latin

inkway atay.(various references)

Portuguese

tolerar (abide, admit, bear with, bide, brook, carry out, endure, forbear, have, indulge, put up with, receive, stand for, suffer, sustain, swallow, tolerate). (various references)

Romanian

face cuiva cu ochiul (wink at smb.), de ce-mi faci cu ochiul? (why do you wink at me?), închide ochii asupra unui abuz (wink at an abuse). (various references)

Russian 

закрывать глаза на, подмигивать кому-л., подмигивать (wink). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

namignuti na. (various references)

Spanish

hacer vista gorda, guiñar el ojo. (various references)

Swedish

blunda för, blinka åt. (various references)

Turkish

göz yummak (blink, blink at, condone, connive, excuse, face up to, have, leave unnoticed, let smth. pass unchallenged, overlook, pass by, permit of, suffer, tolerate, wink), göz kırpmak (blink, cock one's eye at, nictitate, twinkle, wink), görmemezlikten gelmek (blink, blink at, close one's eyes to, connive, cut, cut smb. dead, dissemble, give smb. the go-by, look through, overlook, overpass, pass off, pretend not to see, turn a blind eye). (various references)

Ukrainian

переморгуватися. (various references)

coierit, coierunt, coniventes. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: takin, twain, witan.

-2 letters: akin, anti, ikat, kain, kina, knit, tain, tank, twin, wain, wait, want, wink.

-3 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, awn, ink, kat, kin, kit, naw, nit, tan, taw, tin, twa, wan, wat, win, wit.

-4 letters: ai, an, at, aw, in, it, ka, na, ta, ti.

+2 letters: knitwear, twankies, tweaking.

+3 letters: nighthawk, paintwork, swankiest, thwacking.

+4 letters: nighthawks, outwalking, paintworks.

+5 letters: antiwrinkle, awestricken, cabinetwork, kitchenware, nightwalker, tomahawking, watchmaking, waterskiing, workstation.