B2noun · rare

wink

wink · winks

барвінок

миг, подмигивание, подмаргивание

Augenblick, eine Mütze Schlaf (voll), Augenzwinkern, Nickerchen

An act of winking, or a message sent by winkingAn act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

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/ˈwɪŋk/

» Tom gave Mary a big wink.

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Meaning

7 senses

An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
Augenzwinkern
подми́гиваниеpodmígivanije, подма́ргиваниеpodmárgivanije
A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
eine Mütze Schlaf (voll), Nickerchen
A brief time; an instant.
Augenblick
мигmig
The smallest possible amount.
Fitzelchen, Zipfel
A subtle allusion.
The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.
Wink, Fingerzeig, Andeutung
Synonym of tiddlywink (“small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks”).
(UK, slang)Synonym of periwinkle (“type of mollusk”).

More definitions

closing one eye quickly as a signal
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

Examples

174 sentences

Tom gave Mary a big wink.
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Tom winked at Mary.
Том підморгнув Мері.
ruТом подмигнул Мэри.
deTom hat Maria zugezwinkert.
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I winked at Tom.
Я підморгнув Тому.
ruЯ подмигнул Тому.
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Tom gave Mary a wink.
Том підморгнув Мері.
ruТом подмигнул Мэри.
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I gave Tom a wink.
Я підморгнув Тому.
ruЯ подмигнул Тому.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

blink of one eye:

brief time, instant:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

blink of one eye:

brief period of sleep — see also forty winks:

brief time, instant:

smallest possible amount:

subtle allusion:

Origin

From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eye

From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”), German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”). Related also to Saterland Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”), Latin vacillare (“sway”), Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”), Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”), Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”), French guigner (“to eye, sneak a look at”).

Clipping of tiddlywink.

Clipping of periwinkle.

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