winker
A person or an animal that winksA person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
Meaning
8 sensesA person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
a person who winks
A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
A person who connives with another; a conniver.
A thing which is used to wink with, or which winks.
(informal)Synonym of turn signal (“each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which is used to indicate that the vehicle is moving left or right”); a blinker, an indicator.
(also, attributive, figuratively, in the plural)Synonym of blinker (“a shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side”).
A small bellows in an organ, regulated by a spring, which controls variations of wind pressure.
The nictitating membrane (“transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid”) of a birds's eye.
(UK, dialectal, slang)An eye.
(UK, US, dialectal, slang)An eyelash.
Origin
From wink (“blinking of only one eye”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).From wink (“blinking of only one eye”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
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