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

Even though the episode appeared to be winking at what happened to the baseball legend, Mattingly recorded his Simpsons role a month before his real-life benching occurred. —Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

As a teenager, Cody noticed a girl named Rebecca during study hall and, according to Davis, winked at her from across the room. —Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

My father glanced back to see if anyone was following, winked at me in the rearview mirror, and swung our car onto Broadway, toward Interstate 80, heading west. —Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

Natural wood-grain texture gives this bed a down-to-earth aesthetic but still winks at New England vintage. —Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 13 May 2026

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