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"word": "blink-and-you-miss-it"
},
{
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"word": "blink first"
},
{
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"word": "without blinking an eye"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "without blinking an eyelash"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "without blinking an eyelid"
}
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"2": "blenċan",
"t": "to deceive"
},
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"2": "blench"
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blinkaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blinkaną",
"name": "inh"
},
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"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*blīkaną",
"t": "to gleam, shine"
},
"expansion": "*blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”)",
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"2": "blinken",
"t": "to glitter, shine"
},
"expansion": "Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
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"2": "blinken",
"t": "to flash, blink"
},
"expansion": "German blinken (“to flash, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "blinke",
"t": "to flash, twinkle, wink, blink"
},
"expansion": "Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "blinka",
"t": "to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink"
},
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"2": "blank"
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "blike"
},
"expansion": "blike",
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"2": "bleak"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”).\nCognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.",
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{
"form": "blinks",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"form": "blinking",
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"participle",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "blinked",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "blinked",
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"past"
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}
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"text": "She blinked her tears away.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes."
],
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes."
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"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye."
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye."
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"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes."
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes."
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{
"ref": "1800, William Wordsworth, The Pet-Lamb",
"text": "The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp."
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp."
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"ref": "1850, J. P. Robson, editor, Songs of the bards of the Tyne; or, A choice selection of original songs chiefly in the Newcastle dialect., page 485",
"text": "Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north,\nThe home of my childhood, the place of my birth;\nO the transports of gladness that over me reign,\nTo blink upon canny Newcastle again!",
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"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To glance."
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"(Geordie, obsolete) To glance."
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"text": "The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.",
"type": "example"
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"To close and reopen both eyes quickly."
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly."
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"text": "An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.",
"type": "example"
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"To flash on and off at regular intervals.",
"To flash headlights on a car at."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "primigvam",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "примигвам"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "bliknout"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "flitsen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "väläyttää valoja"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "faire un appel de phares"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "lampexar"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "faiscar"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "lichthupen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "aufblenden"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "lampeggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "passhingu suru",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "パッシングする"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blindiram",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "блиндирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "blinke"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"tags": [
"continuative"
],
"word": "migać"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "pl",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "mignąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mignútʹ",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "мигну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "guiñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "blinka"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 3 1 0 0 49 17 17 0 1 1 1 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "กะพริบ"
}
]
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{
"text": "Don't come to the door until I blink twice.",
"type": "example"
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"To flash on and off at regular intervals.",
"To send a signal with a lighting device."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "välkyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "blinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"english": "encoded message",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "morsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "segnalare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tenmetsu suru",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "点滅する"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "češmak-zadan",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "چشمکزدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "mrugnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mignútʹ",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "мигну́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "blinka"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 0 0 0 88 0 0 1 2 1 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "กะพริบ"
}
]
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{
"text": "The blinking text on the screen was distracting.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To flash on and off at regular intervals."
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{
"ref": "1980, Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”, in Glass Houses, Columbia Records",
"text": "All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response."
],
"id": "en-blink-en-verb-JltNafYr",
"raw_glosses": [
"(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response."
],
"tags": [
"excessive"
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "also fig.",
"sense": "hyperbole: to perform the smallest action",
"word": "mit den Fingern schnippen"
}
]
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse."
],
"id": "en-blink-en-verb-ovmPX4iI",
"raw_glosses": [
"(in negative constructions) To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in negative constructions"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to blink the question",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 199",
"text": "I have no wish to blink or extenuate the serious nature of the difficulty arising from this discrepancy of dates.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk."
],
"id": "en-blink-en-verb-CjjriZf0",
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],
[
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"shirk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc."
],
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"Speculative fiction",
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"Genres",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
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{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Video games",
"orig": "en:Video games",
"parents": [
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"Mass media",
"Software",
"Recreation",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Computing",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
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"name": "Faster-than-light travel",
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"Science fiction",
"Travel",
"Astronomy",
"Physics",
"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Human activity",
"Transport",
"Sciences",
"Space",
"Artistic works",
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"glosses": [
"To teleport, mostly for short distances."
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],
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"(science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances."
],
"topics": [
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"science-fiction",
"video-games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɪŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0",
"sense": "close and open both eyes quickly",
"word": "nictitate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ramaša",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "رَمَشَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿartʿel",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "թարթել"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "qırpmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "marhácʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "марга́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "marhnúcʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "маргну́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mihácʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "міга́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mihnúcʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "мігну́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "migam",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "мигам"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "premigvam",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "премигвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "myakci.hmit",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "မျက်စိမှိတ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎyǎn",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "眨眼"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ yǎnjīng",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "眨眼睛"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "眨"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkat"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "mrknout"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "knipperen"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ṯrm",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "V13:D21-G17-D6"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "palpebrumi"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "räpäyttää silmiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative"
],
"word": "räpyttää silmiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ciller"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "cligner des yeux"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "clignoter"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "chiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "choscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxuč̣va",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "დახუჭვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxamxameba",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "დახამხამება"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blinzeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anoigokleíno",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ανοιγοκλείνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mitzmétz",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "מצמץ"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "palak mārnā",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "पलक मारना"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "pislog"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "pislant"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "palpebragar"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "mengedipkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "sbattere le ciglia"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ammiccare"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mabataki suru",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "まばたきする"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "またたく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matataku",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "瞬く"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "まばたく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mabataku",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "瞬く"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jypylyqtatu",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "жыпылықтату"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jypylyqtau",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "жыпылықтау"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pɑɑprəc",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ប៉ប្រិច"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɨc",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ព្រិច"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nuneul kkambagida",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "눈을 깜박이다"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nuneul kkambakgeorida",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "눈을 깜박거리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "trukandin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "تروکاندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "köz kısuu",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "көз кысуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phap tā",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ພັບຕາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "palpebrō"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "conniveo"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "nictor"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "nicto"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trepkam",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "трепкам"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "clyinn'ter"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blyîntchi"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blunke"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "wincian"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "češmak zadan",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "چشمک زدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pelk zadan",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "پلک زدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrugać"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "mrugnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ch'illmipakuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "clipi"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morgátʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "морга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morgnútʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "моргну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mignútʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "мигну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "caog"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "priob"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkať"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "mrknúť"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "parpadear"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "guiñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blinka"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "กะพริบ"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "göz kırpmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morháty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "морга́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morhnúty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "моргну́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "myháty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "myhnúty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "мигну́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "nhấp nháy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "blikat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "välkkyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "clignoter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "lampexar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "blinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "villog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "pislog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 1 1 2",
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She blinked her tears away.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye."
],
"links": [
[
"wink",
"wink"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1800, William Wordsworth, The Pet-Lamb",
"text": "The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Geordie English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1850, J. P. Robson, editor, Songs of the bards of the Tyne; or, A choice selection of original songs chiefly in the Newcastle dialect., page 485",
"text": "Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north,\nThe home of my childhood, the place of my birth;\nO the transports of gladness that over me reign,\nTo blink upon canny Newcastle again!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"To glance."
],
"links": [
[
"glance",
"glance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
"(Geordie, obsolete) To glance."
],
"tags": [
"Geordie",
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close and reopen both eyes quickly."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To flash on and off at regular intervals.",
"To flash headlights on a car at."
],
"links": [
[
"flash",
"flash"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't come to the door until I blink twice.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To flash on and off at regular intervals.",
"To send a signal with a lighting device."
],
"links": [
[
"flash",
"flash"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The blinking text on the screen was distracting.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To flash on and off at regular intervals."
],
"links": [
[
"flash",
"flash"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English hyperboles",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1980, Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”, in Glass Houses, Columbia Records",
"text": "All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response."
],
"tags": [
"excessive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in negative constructions) To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in negative constructions"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to blink the question",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 199",
"text": "I have no wish to blink or extenuate the serious nature of the difficulty arising from this discrepancy of dates.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk."
],
"links": [
[
"evade",
"evade"
],
[
"shirk",
"shirk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"blinky",
"blinky"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Science fiction",
"en:Video games"
],
"glosses": [
"To teleport, mostly for short distances."
],
"links": [
[
"science fiction",
"science fiction"
],
[
"video game",
"video game"
],
[
"teleport",
"teleport"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances."
],
"topics": [
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"science-fiction",
"video-games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɪŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blink.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blink.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "close and open both eyes quickly",
"word": "nictitate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ramaša",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "رَمَشَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿartʿel",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "թարթել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "qırpmaq"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "marhácʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "марга́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "marhnúcʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "маргну́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mihácʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "міга́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mihnúcʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "мігну́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "migam",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "мигам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "premigvam",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "премигвам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "myakci.hmit",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "မျက်စိမှိတ်"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎyǎn",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "眨眼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ yǎnjīng",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "眨眼睛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "眨"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "mrknout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "knipperen"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ṯrm",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "V13:D21-G17-D6"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "palpebrumi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "räpäyttää silmiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative"
],
"word": "räpyttää silmiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ciller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "cligner des yeux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "clignoter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "chiscar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "choscar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxuč̣va",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "დახუჭვა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daxamxameba",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "დახამხამება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blinzeln"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anoigokleíno",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ανοιγοκλείνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mitzmétz",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "מצמץ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "palak mārnā",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "पलक मारना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "pislog"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "pislant"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "palpebragar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "mengedipkan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "sbattere le ciglia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ammiccare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mabataki suru",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "まばたきする"
},
{
"alt": "またたく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matataku",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "瞬く"
},
{
"alt": "まばたく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mabataku",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "瞬く"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jypylyqtatu",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "жыпылықтату"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jypylyqtau",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "жыпылықтау"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pɑɑprəc",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ប៉ប្រិច"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɨc",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ព្រិច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nuneul kkambagida",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "눈을 깜박이다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nuneul kkambakgeorida",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "눈을 깜박거리다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "trukandin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "تروکاندن"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "köz kısuu",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "көз кысуу"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phap tā",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ພັບຕາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "palpebrō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "conniveo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "nictor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "nicto"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trepkam",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "трепкам"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "clyinn'ter"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blyîntchi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blunke"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "wincian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "češmak zadan",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "چشمک زدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pelk zadan",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "پلک زدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrugać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "mrugnąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "ch'illmipakuy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "clipi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morgátʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "морга́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morgnútʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "моргну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mignútʹ",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "мигну́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "caog"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "priob"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "mrknúť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "parpadear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "guiñar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "blinka"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "กะพริบ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "göz kırpmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morháty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "морга́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morhnúty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "моргну́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "myháty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "myhnúty",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"tags": [
"error-misspelling",
"perfective",
"semelfactive"
],
"word": "мигну́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
"word": "nhấp nháy"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "primigvam",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "примигвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "bliknout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "flitsen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "väläyttää valoja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "faire un appel de phares"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "lampexar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "faiscar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "lichthupen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "aufblenden"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "lampeggiare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "passhingu suru",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "パッシングする"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blindiram",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "блиндирам"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "blinke"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
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{
"code": "pl",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "mignąć"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "piscar"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "мига́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mignútʹ",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "мигну́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "guiñar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "blinka"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to flash headlights",
"word": "กะพริบ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "välkyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "blinken"
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"code": "de",
"english": "encoded message",
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"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "morsen"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "segnalare"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tenmetsu suru",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "点滅する"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "blinke"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "češmak-zadan",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "چشمکزدن"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "mrugnąć"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to send a signal with a lighting device",
"word": "กะพริบ"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "välkkyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "clignoter"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "lampexar"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "villog"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "pislog"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "lampeggiare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "intermittenza"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "migać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "mrugać"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "piscar"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migatʹ",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "destellar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "parpadear"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "titilar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "กะพริบ"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "also fig.",
"sense": "hyperbole: to perform the smallest action",
"word": "mit den Fingern schnippen"
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"code": "de",
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