wink at
phrasal 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.
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At one point toward the conclusion of the hearing, Mangione appeared to wink at someone seated in the packed gallery.
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
From illuminating the Empire State Building in green — as a wink at that green light that Jay Gatsby looked to on Daisy Buchanan’s dock — to exploring licensing and exhibition opportunities, what some consider to be the Great American Novel is having more than a moment.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
But unlike that 1996 Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino joint, Sinners isn’t winking at the audience from behind grotesque violence and droll B-movie tropes.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
There are also several jokes included simply to break up tension, which wink at the history of theater rather than fit in with the show's general tone and storyline.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
From illuminating the Empire State Building in green — as a wink at that green light that Jay Gatsby looked to on Daisy Buchanan’s dock — to exploring licensing and exhibition opportunities, what some consider to be the Great American Novel is having more than a moment.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
But unlike that 1996 Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino joint, Sinners isn’t winking at the audience from behind grotesque violence and droll B-movie tropes.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
There are also several jokes included simply to break up tension, which wink at the history of theater rather than fit in with the show's general tone and storyline.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wink at
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“Wink at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wink%20at. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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