Lead and Wink

Lead

Lead noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Usage example: the police are now working on several leads generated by the evidence gathered at the crime scene

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

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Wink

Wink noun - A short sleep.

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

Nearby Words: winking, winked, winkled

How words are described

nice nice lead nice wink
single single lead single wink
obvious obvious lead obvious wink
simple simple lead simple wink
Other adjectives: strong, big, huge, little, significant, occasional, previous.

Common collocations

times lead times wink times

Both words in one sentence

  • Don't Explain the Joke It's very common to have the character explaining the joke wink at the audience, which can lead to homicidal mania towards winks.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain Wink Vavasseur's punting assailANT into Chikara's Colony in 2012 for being the "weak link" of GEKIDO lead to assailANT's Face–Heel Turn and prevention of deviANT's attempt to burn down the Wrestle Factory.
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