Wink
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To close one's eyes. To turn a blind eye. To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion. To twinkle. To send an indication of agreement by winking.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. A brief time; an instant. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
Example sentence: Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me.
Flash
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To briefly illuminate a scene.To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.To be visible briefly.To make visible briefly.To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.To expose one's naked body in public briefly.To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.to perform a flash.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.A language, created by a repressed minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.A very short amount of time.Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Expensive looking and attention worthy.Having plenty of ready money