A wink is a facial expression in which one eye is briefly closed. Wink, WINK or Winks may also mean:

People

Nickname

Wink Davenport Winthrop "Wink" Davenport Jr. (April 12, 1942 – May 3, 2022) was an American lead volleyball official, former college basketball player, former National team volleyball player. He is best remembered as the most prominent volleyball official in ...

, American volleyball player, father of tennis player Lindsay Davenport * Wink Hartman, American businessman *

Don Martindale Don "Wink" Martindale (born May 19, 1963) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). From 2018 to 2021, he held the same position for the Baltimore Ravens afte ...

(born 1963), American football coach * Wink Martindale (born 1934), US game show host

Surname

* Wink (surname), a list of people named Wink or Winks

Technology

Apache Wink Apache Wink is a retired open source framework that enables development and consumption of REST style web services. History The project was initiated in 2007 as an HP internal REST SDK called Symphony. At the beginning of 2009, HP and IBM jo ...

, a framework for creating and consuming RESTful Web services *

Wink (animated file) Winks are Flash-based animated files that appear in Windows Live Messenger. When a user sends a Wink to a friend, the animation file is transferred over the Internet and is displayed on the recipient's computer screen. Microsoft Microsoft ...

, an instant messaging feature *

wink pulsing Winking is a telephony signaling technique used both in connection with DC signaling on a trunk, and with indicator lamps on a key telephone. In telephone switching systems, wink pulsing is recurring pulsing in which the off-condition is relative ...

, a signal in telephony *

Wink (platform) Wink is an American brand of software and hardware products that connects with and controls smart home devices from a consolidated user interface. Wink, Labs Inc., which develops and markets Wink, was founded in 2014 as a spin-off from invention ...

, a brand of automation products supporting multiple protocols and device makers

Entertainment

Wink (duo) was a Japanese idol duo in the late 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s composed of and . They released their first single on April 27, 1988, and their final release was on March 31, 1996. Many of their singles topped the Oricon charts in Japan, includ ...

, a female Japanese pop duo * Wink (South Korean band), a South Korean trot duo * "Wink" (song), a song by Neal McCoy * A disc-shaped playing piece in the game

tiddlywinks Tiddlywinks is a game played on a flat felt mat with sets of small discs called "winks", a pot, which is the target, and a collection of squidgers, which are also discs. Players use a "squidger" (nowadays made of plastic) to shoot a wink int ...

* "The Wink" (''Seinfeld''), an episode of the TV show ''Seinfeld'' * ''Wink'' (comics), a Korean comics anthology magazine published by Seoul Munhwasa *

Wink (Marvel Comics) ''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' is a fighting game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, and PSP, which ties into the "Marvel Nemesis" comic book series. It was released on September 20, 2005 in North America and Octob ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Recording name of DJ Josh Wink

TV or radio stations

* WINK-TV, the CBS-affiliated television station for Southwest Florida that is licensed to Fort Myers *

WINK-FM WINK-FM (96.9 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, commercial FM broadcasting, FM radio station in Fort Myers, Florida. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format. It is owned by the Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, locally controlled by ...

, a radio station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida * WINK, former call letters for

WAXA WAXA (1200 AM; "Maxima 97.3/95.7") was a radio station which broadcast a Spanish-language Tropical hits format. Licensed to Pine Island Center, Florida, United States, the station served the Fort Myers area. The station was last owned by Fort Mye ...

, a defunct radio station formerly licensed to Pine Island Center, Florida *

WFSX (AM) WFSX (1240 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida. Last Owned by Sun Broadcasting. The station was also heard on translator W231DC, 94.1 FM in Fort Myers, and via WFSX-FM and WHEL's HD2 channels. History In 1939, a ...

, a defunct radio station (1240 AM) formerly licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, which used the call sign WINK from 1944 until 1999 and from 2003 until 2010 * WINQ-FM ("WINK Country 98.7"), a radio station (98.7 FM) licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire, United States * WNNK-FM ("Wink 104"), a radio station serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area *

WNKI WNKI (106.1 FM, "Wink 106") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Corning, New York, United States, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area, and is the Arbitron #1 rated station in the market. The station is curr ...

("Wink 106"), a radio station licensed to Corning, New York

Physiology

Anal wink The anal wink, anal reflex, perineal reflex, or anocutaneous reflex is the reflexive contraction of the external anal sphincter upon stroking of the skin around the anus. A noxious or tactile stimulus will cause a wink contraction of the anal sph ...

, a reflexive contraction of the external anal sphincter * A reflexive contraction of the vulvar muscles in mares

Other uses

Wink (soft drink) Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks founded in 1904 and owned since 2008 by the American company Dr Pepper Snapple (now Keurig Dr Pepper). For over 100 years, Canada Dry has been known mainly for its ginger ale, though the company also manufact ...

, a grapefruit based soft drink *

Wink, Texas Wink is a city in Winkler County, Texas, United States. The population was 940 at the 2010 census. Wink was a temporary childhood home to singer and songwriter Roy Orbison, although he was born in Vernon, Texas. Orbison later described the maj ...

, a city **

Wink High School Wink High School is a public high school located in Wink, Texas USA and classified as a 2A school by the UIL and serves both Wink and Mentone in Loving County. It is part of the Wink-Loving Independent School District located in southwestern ...

WINKS A wink is a facial expression in which one eye is briefly closed. Wink, WINK or Winks may also mean: People Nickname * Wink Davenport, American volleyball player, father of tennis player Lindsay Davenport * Wink Hartman, American businessman ...

, an acronym for the market segment "Women with Incomes and No Kids" * Wink Bingo * Winks, a chain of convenience stores in Canada owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard