This week a gesture that I'm going to talk about is winking. This gesture has been around for many years and some people take it in many ways. The wink is the facial expression made by briefly closing one eye and it is an informal mode of nonverbal communication usually signaling a shared hidden knowledge or intent. But if we look more into it winking can be flirty or friendly, but most commonly an inside joke between two people.

To break things down here, the Signification regarding the ‘wink’ is that it is called a wink as simple as that. As for the signifier for the wink it is a facial expression as I said earlier, made by briefly closing one eye and opening it. Going on, lastly as for what is signified are several things. Focusing on one, the main meaning/definition of the verb typically to indicate that something is a joke or secret. The wink is being used as a signal for this.