Bit and Wink

Bit

Bit noun - An indefinite but usually short period of time.

Usage example: this will only take a bit

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Wink and bit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wink" instead a noun "Bit".

Nearby Word: bite

Wink noun - A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).

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Bit and wink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bit" instead a noun "Wink".

Nearby Words: winking, winked, winkled

nice	nice bit	nice wink
single	single bit	single wink
obvious	obvious bit	obvious wink
big	big bit	big wink
Other adjectives: little, quick, subtle, last, occasional.

It's also played as a bit of a wink to the audience in one episode when Jack Crawford is having a meal at Lecter's and innocently asks what the meat is.

Source: Internal Reveal
Amelia's already a bit weirded out by it, but the lines "See him in your room at night, and you won't sleep a wink" cause her to go speechless and flip through the rest nervously.

Source: Film / The Babadook
The Hilarity of Hats: It became a bit of a Running Gag that Wink would don different goofy-looking hats for the sign-off at the end of the show.

Source: Series / Tic-Tac-Dough

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