winky

adj
/ˈwɪŋki/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *weng-
  2. inherited from *winkōn
  3. inherited from wincian
  4. inherited from wynken
  5. suffixed as winky — “wink + y

Definitions

  1. Tending to wink

    Tending to wink; winking.

    • a winky smiley face
    • ‘Yeah, but I put a winky smiley face on it. Did you not see?’ ‘That was a sad smiley face, you total fucking moron.[…]’
  2. An emoticon or smiley that shows a winking face, such as

    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.
  3. The penis.

    • “They never shower with us,” says Shipley, glancing up from his calculator. “I’ve never even seen their winkies.”
    • She had seen him naked many times and that was how he was. But this! His winky was — well, enormous now. And standing up. And looked positively gigantic and very stiff and proud!
    • ‘And like when I went to the toilet last week and caught my winky in my zip. I cried for ages then.’ ‘Wogan!' gasped Flora. 'What is wrong with you?’ […] ‘“Winky”? That's a very babyish name for it. It's called your “dangly-wangly”.’

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for winky. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA