Wink-wink
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To turn a blind eye (to something); to make an indirect reference to something unspoken, especially something indecent. colloquial
"But instead of wink-winking at the law, I think the brave and righteous thing to do is to celebrate marijuana's true and most profound medicinal quality: It makes people feel good."
Example
More examples"But instead of wink-winking at the law, I think the brave and righteous thing to do is to celebrate marijuana's true and most profound medicinal quality: It makes people feel good."
Etymology
As with nudge nudge wink wink, a reference to alluding in a nonverbal way via gestures.
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