B2verb · transitive · rare

wink

wink · winks · winked · winking

підморгувати, підморгнути

мигать, подмигивать, подмигнуть, мерцать

blinken, funkeln, zwinkern, zuzwinkern

To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an…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.)

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/ˈwɪŋk/

» Tom gave Mary a big wink.

Том виразно підморгнув Мері. — deniko

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Meaning

6 senses

(intransitive, transitive)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.)
He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent.
zuzwinkern, zwinkern
подми́гиватьpodmígivatʹ, подмигну́тьpodmignútʹ, мига́тьmigátʹ
підмо́ргуватиpidmórhuvaty, підморгну́тиpidmorhnúty
(intransitive)To gleam fitfully or intermittently; to twinkle; to flicker.
funkeln, blinken
мерца́тьmercátʹ
gleam or glow intermittently
(intransitive, obsolete)To close one's eyes in sleep.
briefly shut the eyes
(intransitive, obsolete)To close one's eyes.
(archaic, intransitive)Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
(archaic, intransitive)To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

Examples

174 sentences

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

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion:

Русский

By meaning 2

to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion:

to twinkle:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion:

To be dim and flicker:

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”).

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