wink at

verb

winked at; winking at; winks at

: to pretend not to have seen or noticed (something) : to ignore

The city cops wink at the mayor's parking violations.

Examples of wink at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One shows Jolly winking at you over the shoulder with its butt teasingly pointed in the viewer’s direction, apparently in an attempt to promote Muse integration into the cloud system Box. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026

The four movies wink at the moment in time in which the respective stories are set, in both visual language and style references. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Rather than simply presenting us with the unequal gender dynamics of the times, Biller’s dialogue can’t help but wink at the audience, underlining every moment of misogyny just in case viewers weren’t smart enough to get it themselves. — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Twelve years later, England arranged themselves in a V-shape which outflanked the haka, their fly-half Owen Farrell appearing to wink at the All Blacks’ display — and made it through to the World Cup final with a 19-7 triumph. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for wink at

• begat
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