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

The moment the actors wink at the audience, the movie collapses. — Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Charming staff move seamlessly, offering tea, telling you about golf tee off times and babysitters, while the Mediterranean winks at the horizon. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Through the ball’s circular shape and its lack of color, the painting knowingly winks at Piet Mondrian’s Composition 10 in Black and White (1915), then defiles the Dutch modernist’s aesthetic purity. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for wink at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat