Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’
verb
(intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
(transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
(transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
(transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
(transitive) To experience.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
(transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
(transitive, archaic, biblical) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know Biblically.’
To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
kwan
kwan
noun
A school of Korean martial arts.
kwon
wank
wank
noun
(countable, slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
(countable, slang, vulgar, derogatory) An undesirable person.
(countable, uncountable, fandom slang) Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space.
(uncountable, chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.
(uncountable, slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish.
verb
(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
(intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to.
wink
wink
noun
(chiefly Britain) Synonym of periwinkle
(tiddlywinks) Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks”)
A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
A brief time; an instant.
A subtle allusion.
An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
The smallest possible amount.
verb
(intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
(intransitive) To close one's eyes.
(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
(intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
(obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep.
(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
wonk
wonk
noun
(by extension, informal) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.
(derogatory, informal) An overly studious person, particularly student.