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"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.",
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
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"ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:",
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"(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.",
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"ref": "1800, William Wordsworth, The Pet-Lamb:",
"text": "The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.",
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"ref": "1803, Walter Scott, Thomas the Rhymer:",
"text": "The sun blinked fair on pool and stream.",
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"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.",
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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 flash headlights on a car at."
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"word": "点滅する"
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"word": "چشمکزدن"
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"word": "กะพริบ"
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"text": "The blinking text on the screen was distracting.",
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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.",
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"To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response."
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"(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response."
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"note": "also fig.",
"sense": "hyperbole: to perform the smallest action",
"word": "mit den Fingern schnippen"
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"text": "The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.",
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"To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse."
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"(in negative constructions) To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse."
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"text": "to blink the question",
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{
"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.",
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"(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk."
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "to close and reopen both eyes quickly",
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{
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"roman": "köz kısuu",
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"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"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 0 0 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "lampeggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "intermittenza"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "migać"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "mrugać"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migatʹ",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мигать"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "destellar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "parpadear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "titilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 0 0 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gà-príp",
"sense": "to flash on and off at regular intervals",
"word": "กะพริบ"
}
],
"word": "blink"
}
{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eyeblink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "interblink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "landblink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "moonblink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "snowblink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sunblink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "water blink"
}
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"2": "enm",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "blincan"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "blench"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blinkaną"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "blinken",
"t": "to glitter, shine"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "blinken",
"t": "to flash, blink"
},
"expansion": "German blinken (“to flash, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blinke",
"t": "to flash, twinkle, wink, blink"
},
"expansion": "Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "blinka",
"t": "to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"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",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wink"
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{
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"The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again."
],
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{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ramša",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "رَمْشَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "qırpım"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "migane",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мигане"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "primigvane",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "примигване"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "silmänräpäys"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "silmänräpäytys"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clignement"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axamxamebs",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "ახამხამებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lidschlag"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blinzeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "battito di ciglia"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "piscada"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piscadela"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clipire"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "clipit"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morgánije",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "морга́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migánije",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мига́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caogadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "priobadh"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 10 3 1 2 2 4 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "blinka"
}
]
},
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"The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes."
],
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"(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mig",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "миг"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"word": "silmänräpäys"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"word": "silmänräpäytys"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clin d’œil"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Augenblick"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wimpernschlag"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clipă"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 93 0 0 1 0 0 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"expansion": "Middle English blynken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "blincan"
},
"expansion": "Old English blincan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "blench"
},
"expansion": "English blench",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blinkaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blinkaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "blinken",
"t": "to glitter, shine"
},
"expansion": "Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "blinken",
"t": "to flash, blink"
},
"expansion": "German blinken (“to flash, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blinke",
"t": "to flash, twinkle, wink, blink"
},
"expansion": "Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "blinka",
"t": "to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink"
},
"expansion": "Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"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",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blinking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blinked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "blinked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"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",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book II”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:",
"text": "One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"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",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:",
"text": "Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"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": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1803, Walter Scott, Thomas the Rhymer:",
"text": "The sun blinked fair on pool and stream.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"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": "quote"
}
],
"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": "quote"
}
],
"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 collocations",
"English terms with quotations",
"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": "quote"
}
],
"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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}
],
"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": "tʻartʻel",
"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",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "axamxamebs",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "ახამხამებს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lidschlag"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blinzeln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "battito di ciglia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "piscada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piscadela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clipire"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "clipit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morgánije",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "морга́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migánije",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мига́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caogadh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "priobadh"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "closing both eyes and opening them again",
"word": "blinka"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mig",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "миг"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"word": "silmänräpäys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"word": "silmänräpäytys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clin d’œil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Augenblick"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wimpernschlag"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clipă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clipită"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "priobadh"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ögonblick"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a quick view",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mrknutí"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a quick view",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coup d’œil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a quick view",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flüchtiger Blick"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a quick view",
"word": "battito di ciglia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a quick view",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occhiata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a quick view",
"word": "in un batter d'occhio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chirami",
"sense": "a quick view",
"word": "チラ見"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a quick view",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "olhadela"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mig",
"sense": "a quick view",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "миг"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a view with eyes partly closed",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blinzeln"
}
],
"word": "blink"
}
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"msg": "''To flash on and off at regular'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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