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Similar words: blink at · pick at · stick at · wine bar · wing nut · winkle out · ink pad · link up · look at · peck at
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wink at

(v + prep) literary TRANSITIVEdo shúile a dhúnadh arhe winked at the law dhún sé a shúile ar an dlí, níor thug sé aon aird ar an dlí → see wink

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • across »
    he winked across the table at her sméid sé trasna an bhoird uirthi
  • provocatively »
    she winked provocatively at him chaoch sí súil leis go meallacach
  • saucily »
    she winked at him saucily chaoch sí súil dhána air
  • slyly »
    'I heard the news,' she said, winking slyly at him 'Chuala mé an nuacht,' ar sise, ag caochadh súil go slítheánta air.
  • wink »
    it includes the odd wink at politics tá corrthagairt ann don pholaitíocht
  • wink »
    he winked at the audience chaoch sé a shúil ar an lucht féachana
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