wink (out)

verb

Definition of wink (out)next
as in to stop
to come to an end she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wink (out)
  1. stop
  2. end
  3. expire
  4. conclude
  5. cease
  6. halt
  7. pass
  8. wind up
Verb
  • The city’s public works team and its Parks, Recreation and Marine bureau were working to secure it, putting up sandbags and rebuilding the berm to stop water intrusion.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Kodiak says its autonomous system is designed to identify emergency vehicles, stopped vehicles, lane closures and accident scenes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of stop
Verb
  • Dodgers lefty Tanner Scott came to the rescue and struck out Bauers and Yelich to end the inning (and Garrett Mitchell to kick off the seventh).
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The race starts and ends at The Momentary in Bentonville and two of the three course lengths roll through McDonald County in Missouri.
    — Glory Reitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of end
Verb
  • In the opening scene, an old man eats a pear, smiles, and expires under a fruit tree; a beautiful death.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026
  • And of course, when patents eventually expire, generic manufacturers can copy those discoveries and introduce them at much lower cost.
    — Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of expire
Verb
  • There is something instructive in the agent concluding a diatribe on quelling revolutionary violence with a note about feeling inspired.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Research on hitting objects does not support it as a way to reduce anger, and there are too few studies of screaming to conclude its effects.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of conclude
Verb
  • Calvin lives in Snook’s Arm, a community on the verge of ceasing to exist.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, there are those on America’s political left who would also be satisfied if the State of Israel ceased to exist.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of cease
Verb
  • In South Dakota, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a new law that includes requiring voters registering for the first time to present the most common forms of ID — driver’s licenses, Tribal IDs and non-driver state IDs.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In South Dakota, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a new law that includes requiring voters registering for the first time to present the most common forms of ID — driver's licenses, Tribal IDs and non-driver state IDs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of halt
Verb
  • Upon passing through a deep portico entryway abutting an attached two-car garage, a vaulted reception gallery sits beneath a prominent glass atrium.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Micron Technology, another beneficiary, passed the $1 trillion market cap for the first time this May.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of pass
Verb
  • Revenues for the month are 23% ahead of the same point in 2025, which wound up as the lowest-grossing October in three decades, and 8% behind 2019, the last year before COVID upended the box office.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Wind shear also can describe when winds up at the top of the storm blow in different directions than at bottom or middle.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of wind up
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“Wink (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wink%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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