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wink noun the penis UK, 2001
idiomwink(as) quick as a winkold-fashioned very quickly:Patrice shot out of the door, quick as a wink, before anyone could stop her.not sleep a wink(also not get a wink of sleep)to not be able to sleep at all:He woke up feeling as if he hadn't slept a wink.It's terrible. I don't get a wink of sleep until I know they're home safely.tip sb the wink BrEBrEto secretly warn someone or give them information about something:He couldn't actually tell me what was going on, because that would get him into trouble, but he was trying to tip me the wink.A friend tipped us the wink that her neighbour was moving, so we bought the house without having to go through an agent. phrasewink[winked, winked, winking]
wink at
wink at sth if someone in authority winks at something bad or illegal, they pretend not to notice it and do not try to stop it: For a long time the authorities winked at the illegal trade, and even helped themselves to some of the profits.■ SIMILAR TO: turn a blind eye to sth
See:- (as) easy as winking
- (as) quick as a wink
- a nod and a wink
- a nod is as good as a wink
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man
- a nod's as good as a wink
- a nudge and a wink
- a wink of sleep
- as easy as winking
- catch forty winks
- forty winks
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the wink of an eye
- nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- not get a wink of sleep
- not sleep a wink
- nudge nudge (wink wink)
- nudge nudge, wink wink
- quick as a wink
- quick as a wink/bunny
- sleep a wink, not
- tip (one) the wink
- tip somebody the wink
- tip someone the wink
- twenty winks
- wink at
- wink away
- wink out
- wink wink (nudge nudge)
- winks
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