cheewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: chewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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chewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: cheewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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hoodwink | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
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(verb) influence by slyness | Synonyms: beguile, juggle |
periwinkle | (noun) edible marine gastropod | Synonyms: winkle |
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(noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked | Synonyms: winkle |
(noun) chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers | - |
(noun) commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers | Synonyms: Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Vinca rosea |
tiddlywinks | (noun) a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk | - |
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twinkle | (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, spark, sparkle |
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(noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, sparkling |
(verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, wink, winkle |
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, winkle |
twinkler | (noun) an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner | - |
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twinkling | (adjective) shining intermittently with a sparkling light | - |
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(noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, wink |
twinkly | (adjective) smiling with happiness or optimism | Synonyms: beamish, smiling |
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wink | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking |
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(noun) closing one eye quickly as a signal | - |
(noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling |
(verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate |
(verb) keep back by blinking | Synonyms: blink, blink away |
(verb) signal by winking | - |
(verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, winkle |
winker | (noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinder, blinker |
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(noun) a person who winks | - |
winking | (adjective) closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | Synonyms: blinking |
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(noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink |
winkle | (noun) edible marine gastropod | Synonyms: periwinkle |
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(noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked | Synonyms: periwinkle |
(verb) remove or displace from a position | Synonyms: winkle out |
(verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, wink |
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, twinkle |