Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 9 compound words that contain winks. The most common are listed below. Open winks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- forty winksA short sleep, especially when taken during the day; a nap.
- Tiddledy WinksAlternative spelling of tiddlywinks This is the spelling originally trademarked in the UK.
- twenty winksA very short sleep.
- Tiddley WinksAlternative spelling of tiddlywinks: A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a …
- pilnie-winksAn ancient form of torture for the fingers.
- butt winksplural of butt wink: An error while performing a squat of bending the lower back and moving the pelvis in under the body.
- God winksplural of God wink: An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it is seen as a sign of divine intervention, especially when perceived as the answer to a prayer.
- hood-winksthird-person singular simple present indicative of hood-wink: To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
- wink-winksthird-person singular simple present indicative of wink-wink: To turn a blind eye to something; to make an indirect reference to something unspoken, especially something indecent.
- kiddle-a-winksplural of kiddle-a-wink: A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider.
- tidley winksAlternative spelling of tiddlywinks: A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a …
Compound words 9
- cheewinksplural of cheewink: A species of New World sparrow, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.
- chewinksplural of chewink: A species of New World sparrow, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.
- eyewinksplural of eyewink: An instant, a short moment.
- godwinksplural of godwink: An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it is seen as a sign of divine intervention, especially when perceived as the answer to a prayer.
- hoodwinksplural of hoodwink: To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
- kiddiewinksplural of kiddiewink: A child.
- kiddywinksplural of kiddywink: A child.
- forswinksthird-person singular simple present indicative of forswink: To exhaust by labour; overwork.
- hornywinksplural of hornywink: A plover.