"wink-wink" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wink-winks [present, singular, third-person], wink-winking [participle, present], wink-winked [participle, past], wink-winked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wink-wink (third-person singular simple present wink-winks, present participle wink-winking, simple past and past participle wink-winked)
  1. (colloquial) To turn a blind eye (to something); to make an indirect reference to something unspoken, especially something indecent. Tags: colloquial

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