eyewinker

noun

1

: eyelash sense 1

also : eyelid

2

: something (such as a foreign particle lodged in the eye) that irritates the eye and causes winking

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Rhymes for eyewinker

• clinker
• drinker
• linker
• pinker
• sinker
• thinker
• tinker
• freethinker