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Winky

//ˈwɪŋki// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to wink; winking.

    "a winky smiley face"

Noun
  1. 1
    An emoticon or smiley that shows a winking face, such as ;-) or 😉.

    "Crap, he sent a winky back. That was not good. Mixed signals were a bad way to start any kind of beginning, whether it was love or friendship."

  2. 2
    The penis. childish, slang

    "“They never shower with us,” says Shipley, glancing up from his calculator. “I’ve never even seen their winkies.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wink + -y.

Etymology 2

From wink + -y.

Etymology 3

Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above. The Oxford English Dictionary, however, suggests derivation from winkle, a variant of periwinkle, plus diminutive -y. First attested in the 1950s.

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