wink at
Example Sentences
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The line is supposed to be a little funny, a wink at the fashion industry’s love of effusive word salad descriptions that are only conveyed in the actual garments about half the time.
From Salon
The “Alligator Alcatraz” storefront is cartoon gators slyly winking at us from under red baseball caps: It’s just a joke, and you’re in on it.
From Los Angeles Times
There are good reasons for that, thanks to the many hindsight analyses of ways Cosby may have winked at his alleged crimes through situations written in the show.
From Salon
My mother-in-law would wink at this point and say, “that was my cousin Sam Walton. That’s what they say anyway.”
From Salon
It likes to nod and wink at its subjects, including those in on the joke.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.