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Wink

To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal, or suggestion.

Bat

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

Wink

To close and open the eyelids of both eyes; blink.

Bat

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

Wink

To shine fitfully; twinkle
Harbor lights were winking in the distance.

Bat

(Baseball) A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.
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Wink

To close and open (an eye or the eyes) rapidly.

Bat

A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.

Wink

To signal or express by winking
Winked his agreement.

Bat

The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.

Wink

The act of winking.

Bat

Any of various nocturnal flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having membranous wings that extend from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail and anatomical adaptations for echolocation, by which they navigate and hunt prey.
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Wink

A signal or hint conveyed by winking.

Bat

A binge; a spree.

Wink

The very brief time required for a wink; an instant.

Bat

To hit with or as if with a bat.

Wink

A quick closing and opening of the eyelids; a blink.

Bat

To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat
Batted the winning run in with a double.
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Wink

A gleam or twinkle.

Bat

To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.

Wink

(Informal) A brief period of sleep.

Bat

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length
Bat an idea around.

Wink

To close one's eyes in sleep.

Bat

To use a bat.

Wink

(intransitive) To close one's eyes.

Bat

To have a turn at bat.

Wink

(intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.

Bat

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

Wink

(intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

Bat

To wink or flutter
Bat one's eyelashes.

Wink

To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
He winked at me.
She winked her eye.
He winked his assent.

Bat

Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

Wink

(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

Bat

(derogatory) An old woman.

Wink

An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

Bat

A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.

Wink

A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

Bat

A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?

Wink

A brief time; an instant.

Bat

(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.

Wink

The smallest possible amount.

Bat

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

Wink

A subtle allusion.
The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.

Bat

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

Wink

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Bat

A part of a brick with one whole end.

Wink

Synonym of periwinkle

Bat

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Wink

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

Bat

A stroke of work.

Wink

To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
He must wink, so loud he would cry.
And I will wink, so shall the day seem night.
They are not blind, but they wink.

Bat

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

Wink

To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day.

Bat

A spree; a jollification.

Wink

To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.

Bat

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Wink

To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; - generally with at.
The times of this ignorance God winked at.
And yet, as though he knew it not,His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign.
Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.

Bat

A rough walking stick.

Wink

To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

Bat

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

Wink

To cause (the eyes) to wink.

Bat

(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
We batted a few ideas around.

Wink

The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
I have not slept one wink.
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink.

Bat

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

Wink

A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
The stockjobber thus from Change Alley goes down,And tips you, the freeman, a wink.

Bat

(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
The cat batted at the toy.

Wink

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);
If I had the chance I'd do it in a flash

Bat

(transitive) To flutter
Bat one's eyelashes

Wink

Closing one eye quickly as a signal

Bat

To wink.

Wink

A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Bat

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Wink

Signal by winking;
She winked at him

Bat

To flit quickly from place to place.
I've spent all week batting around the country.

Wink

Gleam or glow intermittently;
The lights were flashing

Bat

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

Wink

Briefly shut the eyes;
The TV announcer never seems to blink

Bat

In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.

Wink

Force to go away by blinking;
Blink away tears

Bat

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

Bat

A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.

Bat

Shale or bituminous shale.

Bat

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Bat

A stroke of work.

Bat

Rate of motion; speed.

Bat

A spree; a jollification.

Bat

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Bat

One of the Chiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Chiroptera and Vampire.
Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.

Bat

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

Bat

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball; when used with a numerical postmodifier it indicates a baseball player's performance (as a decimal) at bat; as, he batted .270 in 1993 (i.e. he got safe hits in 27 percent of his official turns at bat).

Bat

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Bat

To wink.

Bat

Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

Bat

(baseball) a turn batting;
He was at bat when it happened
He got 4 hits in 4 at-bats

Bat

A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

Bat

A bat used in playing cricket

Bat

A club used for hitting a ball in various games

Bat

Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;
Bat the ball

Bat

Wink briefly;
Bat one's eyelids

Bat

Have a turn at bat;
Jones bats first, followed by Martinez

Bat

Use a bat;
Who's batting?

Bat

Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;
We licked the other team on Sunday!

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