noun
winker
Winker (noun) means someone or something that blinks one eye, often as a signal.
noun
1
Someone or something that blinks one eye, often as a signal.
2
Someone who secretly works together with another person in a dishonest scheme.
3
Something used for winking, or that opens and shuts like an eye.
"His eyebrows are gone and his winkers, and he’s as red as a gobbler’s neck."
— B. M. Bower pseudonym; Bertha Muzzy Sinclair, The Native Son (1931)
"I had fallen down on my knees, with my back to the wind, and already the snow had drifted around me. I also found my eye-lashes frozen together, and I lost several winkers in getting rid of those solidified tears."
— Arthur Stringer, Monday the Eleventh (1915)
4
Another word for a vehicle's flashing turn signal, used to show it is about to move left or right; also called a blinker or an indicator.
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Etymology
Formed from wink (“blinking of only one eye”) and -er (a suffix that forms agent nouns).
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What is the meaning of winker?
"winker" (noun) means someone or something that blinks one eye, often as a signal.
What is another word for winker?
Other words for "winker" include blinder, blinker.
What are the different meanings of winker?
"winker" has 3 main meanings: 1. Someone or something that blinks one eye, often as a signal; 2. Someone who secretly works together with another person in a dishonest scheme; 3. Something used for winking, or that opens and shuts like an eye.
