winked
SayWINGKT/wɪŋkt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of wink.
She winked at him across the crowded room before slipping out the door.
The old sailor winked and tapped the side of his nose.
Note
One regular spelling covers both the simple past and the participle after have or had. Watch it with at: she winked at him is a signal, but the authorities winked at the smuggling means they looked the other way, and that tolerant sense readily turns passive, as in the abuse was winked at. Transitive uses take either the eye or the message: he winked an eye, she winked a warning.
winked is a form of wink
wink, verb: To close and open one eye briefly as a signal or hint, usually suggesting a shared secret. Full entry
- Spelling
- wink → winked: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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