wink at

phrasal verb

winked at; winking at; winks at

: to pretend not to have seen or noticed (something) : to ignore

The city cops wink at the mayor's parking violations.

Examples of wink at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Amanda Jones of Louisiana even wrote a book that winks at how she’s been treated by adversaries. —Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025

Because of this, the DC stable of characters is a more immediately elastic one — and the best shows here run with that, creating their own version of DC superheroes that wink at the canon, and fans who know it. —Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024

Kinski pulls off the admirable feat of never winking at the camera even as her character makes absurd, fantastical moves, something that her co-star Malcolm McDowell, who plays Irena’s predatory brother, fails to accomplish. —Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025

Scripts wink at the ridiculous plots that have become cliche! —Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for wink at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat