winks
Quick eye signals
Winks is the plural of wink—brief closures of one eye, typically signaling complicity, flirtation, or playful intent: She gave him a few winks across the room.
To catch forty winks is to take a short nap.
As a verb form, winks describes the action: He winks at the camera whenever he tells a joke.
Rapid lid movement
playful · teasing · suggestive · alluring · charming · cheeky · sly · coquette
Gentle push to prompt
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- secretConcealed information
- knowingPossessing awareness or insight
- complicityShared criminal involvement
insider · understanding · silent · acknowledgment · code · unspoken · collusion · hint
Emit flashing light
- glintBrief bright reflection
- glimmerFaint, wavering light
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- flashBrief burst of light
gleam · flicker · shine · starlight · glitter · blink · strobe · luminous
blink
Rapid lid movement
coy · playful · teasing · suggestive · alluring · charming · cheeky · sly · coquette · dalliance
nudge
Gentle push to prompt
complicity · insider · understanding · silent · acknowledgment · code · unspoken · collusion · hint · gesture
sparkle
Emit flashing light
flash · gleam · flicker · shine · starlight · glitter · blink · strobe · luminous · beacon
mischievous
Playfully causing trouble
prankish · cheeky · naughty · arch · elfin · whimsical · jocular · tongue-in-cheek · knowing · ribbing
nap
Brief daytime rest
catnap · forty · rest · quick · stolen · brief · drowsy · tired · eyelids · drooping
- casual communicationsmall talk, chit-chat, chitchat, banter, texting
- come-onspickup lines, flirtation, advances, passes, overtures
- expressionsexpression, I love you, phrase, idioms, thank you
- eyesblue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes, hazel eyes, amber eyes
- social codessocial norms, social norm, unwritten rule, unspoken rule, unspoken rules
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers
winksglares
Hostile piercing looks
scowls · glowers · cold stare · death stare · poker face
- forty winksBrief informal nap
- sleep a winkGet minimal rest
- wink winkMarker of ironic intent
- the winkBrief one-eyed closure
- wink and a nod
- sly wink
wink, twinkle, twinkling, winking, winked, twinkled, twinkles, winker, unwinking