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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wynken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wynken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wincian",
"4": "",
"5": "to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink",
"pos": "weak verb"
},
"expansion": "Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*winkōn",
"4": "",
"5": "to close one's eyes"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weng-",
"4": "",
"5": "to bow, bend, arch, curve"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "winken",
"3": "",
"4": "to blink, wink"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "winken",
"3": "",
"4": "to nod, beckon, make a sign"
},
"expansion": "German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "wäänke"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian wäänke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wenken",
"3": "",
"4": "to beckon, motion"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vacillare",
"3": "",
"4": "sway"
},
"expansion": "Latin vacillare (“sway”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "véngti",
"3": "",
"4": "to swerve, avoid"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "vang",
"3": "",
"4": "tire, felloe"
},
"expansion": "Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "वङ्गति",
"3": "",
"4": "(he, she) limps"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”), German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”). Related also to Saterland Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”), Latin vacillare (“sway”), Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”), Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”), Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "winks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "winking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "winked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "winked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To close one's eyes in sleep."
],
"id": "en-wink-en-verb-Z3fGziT3",
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"(obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep."
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1816, The Black Dwarf, Walter Scott, Chapter the Fifth",
"text": "I kept my eyes shut, after once glancing at him; and, I protest, I thought I saw him still, though I winked as close as ever I could.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To close one's eyes."
],
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"(intransitive) To close one's eyes."
],
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Eye",
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"parents": [
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"Vision",
"Head and neck",
"Senses",
"Body parts",
"Perception",
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
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"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, § 79",
"text": "But whenever obstinacy, which is an open defiance, appears, that cannot be winked at, or neglected, but must, in the first instance, be subdued and mastered; only care must be had, that we mistake not ; and we must be sure it is obstinacy, and nothing else.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye."
],
"id": "en-wink-en-verb-RNVpbBR8",
"links": [
[
"at",
"at#English"
],
[
"look the other way",
"look the other way"
],
[
"turn a blind eye",
"turn a blind eye"
]
],
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"(intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye."
],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "connive"
},
{
"word": "shut one's eyes"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1861, George, chapter VI, in Silas Marner",
"text": "The pipes began to be puffed in a silence which had an air of severity; the more important customers, who drank spirits and sat nearest the fire, staring at each other as if a bet were depending on the first man who ‘’’winked’’’ […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink."
],
"id": "en-wink-en-verb-eKmI9Idp",
"links": [
[
"blink",
"blink"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1912, Edwin L. Sabin, chapter VIII, in With Carson and Frémont",
"text": "Oliver saw Kit Carson wink at the lieutenant and Lucien Maxwell, as the speech reached them, and it was evident that these three leaders did not believe the Indian tales. Consequently he himself decided that the reports of \"evil spirits\" awaiting were all bosh.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)"
],
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"eye"
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"message",
"message"
],
[
"signal",
"signal"
],
[
"suggestion",
"suggestion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡamaza",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "غَمَزَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡamaz",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "غَمَز"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "chisgar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmórhvacʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "падмо́ргваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmarhnúcʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падмаргну́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmíhvacʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "падмі́гваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmihnúcʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падмігну́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "kiyat"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namígvam",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нами́гвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "primígvam",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прими́гвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "fer l'ullet"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "picar l'ullet"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎyǎn",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "眨眼"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ yǎnjīng",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "眨眼睛"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "眨"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkat"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "mrknout"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "knipogen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "okulsigni"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "iskeä silmää"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "vilkuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "cligner de l’œil"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "faire un clin d’œil"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "chiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "choscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tvalis čaḳvra",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "თვალის ჩაკვრა"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tvalit nišneba",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "თვალით ნიშნება"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "de",
"english": "to somebody",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "zuzwinkern"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "zwinkern"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "goh",
"lang": "Old High German",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "winchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kleíno to máti",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "κλείνω το μάτι"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dendíllō",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "δενδίλλω"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skardamússō",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "σκαρδαμύσσω"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "kacsint"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "blikka"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "palpebragar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "ammiccare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "strizzare l'occhio"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "fare l'occhiolino"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "biluxare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"alt": "またたく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matataku",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "瞬く"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "köz qysu",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "көз қысу"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "köz irmöö",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "көз ирмөө"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "köz kısuu",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "көз кысуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "nicto"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "conniveo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "pamirkšķināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "mirkšķināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ḍoḷā mārṇe",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "डोळा मारणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "wynken"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "clyinn'ter"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "donner un clyîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "faithe un clyîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "blunke"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "wincian"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "osx",
"lang": "Old Saxon",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "winkon"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "češmak zadan",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "چشمک زدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "mrugnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "puścić oko"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "piscar (o olho)"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "ch'illmipakuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "ch'ipihyay"
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"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "face cu ochiul"
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"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
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"roman": "podmígivatʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подми́гивать"
},
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"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmignútʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "подмигну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmárgivatʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "подма́ргивать"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmorgnútʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подморгну́ть"
},
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "priob"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "caog"
},
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"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "намигнути"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "namignuti"
},
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"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkať"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "mrknúť"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "guiñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "es",
"english": "Canarias",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "picar el ojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "brukim ai"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "göz kırpmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "kaş göz etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidmórhuvaty",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підмо́ргувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidmorhnúty",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підморгну́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "đá lông nheo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 5 15 65 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "nháy mắt"
}
]
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"ref": "1899, Will T. Whitlock, “The Circumflex”, in Overland Monthly, Vol. XXXIII, second series",
"text": "Down in the bottoms the sycamore and cottonwood are casting off their yellowing leaves; but the white oak will cling to her gorgeous finery till the blizzard comes shrieking up the gulch to wrest it from her, or until the winking prairie-fire leaps among her branches, and mounting upward to the highest limbs, finally leaves the vain beauty a blackened skeleton.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1920, Katherine Mansfield, Letter to Richard Murray (ca. September 19), Vincent O. Sullivan & Margaret Scott, The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield, Vol. 4 (1996)",
"text": "Her kitchen is a series of Still Lives; the copper pans wink on the walls."
}
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"(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker."
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "blikat"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "flonkeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "twinkelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "vilkkua"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "tuikkia"
},
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"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "mirgot"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "blinke"
},
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"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mercátʹ",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мерца́ть"
},
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"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "priob"
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{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "caog"
},
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"_dis1": "4 6 2 5 2 81",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "göz kırpmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 12 11 8 56",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be dim and flicker",
"word": "funkeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 8 12 11 8 56",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be dim and flicker",
"word": "blinken"
}
]
}
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"word": "a nod is as good as a wink"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat"
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{
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"word": "butt wink"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "God-wink"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "God wink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "in the wink of an eye"
},
{
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"word": "kiddle-a-wink"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nudge nudge wink wink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quick as a wink"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sleep a wink"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tip the wink"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wink murder"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"4": "to blink, wink"
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"4": "to nod, beckon, make a sign"
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"2": "véngti",
"3": "",
"4": "to swerve, avoid"
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"2": "vang",
"3": "",
"4": "tire, felloe"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "वङ्गति",
"3": "",
"4": "(he, she) limps"
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"word": "ܪܦܦܐ"
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"neuter"
],
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "קְרִיצָה"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
"word": "batter d'occhio"
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
"word": "چشمک"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"feminine"
],
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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],
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"roman": "reppapāṭu",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
"word": "రెప్పపాటు"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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{
"ref": "1920, Katherine Mansfield, Letter to Richard Murray (ca. September 19), Vincent O. Sullivan & Margaret Scott, The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield, Vol. 4 (1996)",
"text": "Her kitchen is a series of Still Lives; the copper pans wink on the walls."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker."
],
"links": [
[
"gleam",
"gleam"
],
[
"twinkle",
"twinkle"
],
[
"flicker",
"flicker"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɪŋk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wink.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/En-us-wink.ogg/En-us-wink.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/En-us-wink.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nictitate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡamaza",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "غَمَزَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḡamaz",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "غَمَز"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "chisgar"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmórhvacʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "падмо́ргваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmarhnúcʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падмаргну́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmíhvacʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "падмі́гваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padmihnúcʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падмігну́ць"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "kiyat"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namígvam",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нами́гвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "primígvam",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прими́гвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "fer l'ullet"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "picar l'ullet"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎyǎn",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "眨眼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ yǎnjīng",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "眨眼睛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "眨"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "mrknout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "knipogen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "okulsigni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "iskeä silmää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "vilkuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "cligner de l’œil"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "faire un clin d’œil"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "chiscar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "piscar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "choscar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tvalis čaḳvra",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "თვალის ჩაკვრა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tvalit nišneba",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "თვალით ნიშნება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "to somebody",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "zuzwinkern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "zwinkern"
},
{
"code": "goh",
"lang": "Old High German",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "winchen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kleíno to máti",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "κλείνω το μάτι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dendíllō",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "δενδίλλω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skardamússō",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "σκαρδαμύσσω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "kacsint"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "blikka"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "palpebragar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "ammiccare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "strizzare l'occhio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "fare l'occhiolino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "biluxare"
},
{
"alt": "またたく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matataku",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "瞬く"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "köz qysu",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "көз қысу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "köz irmöö",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "көз ирмөө"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "köz kısuu",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "көз кысуу"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "nicto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "conniveo"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "pamirkšķināt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "mirkšķināt"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ḍoḷā mārṇe",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "डोळा मारणे"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "wynken"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "clyinn'ter"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "donner un clyîn"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "faithe un clyîn"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "blunke"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "wincian"
},
{
"code": "osx",
"lang": "Old Saxon",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "winkon"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "češmak zadan",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "چشمک زدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "mrugnąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "puścić oko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "piscar (o olho)"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "ch'illmipakuy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "ch'ipihyay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "face cu ochiul"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmígivatʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подми́гивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmignútʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подмигну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "migátʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мига́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmárgivatʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подма́ргивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podmorgnútʹ",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подморгну́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "priob"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "caog"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "намигнути"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "namignuti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mrkať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "mrknúť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "guiñar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "Canarias",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "picar el ojo"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "brukim ai"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "göz kırpmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "kaş göz etmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidmórhuvaty",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підмо́ргувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidmorhnúty",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підморгну́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "đá lông nheo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion",
"word": "nháy mắt"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "blikat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "flonkeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "twinkelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "vilkkua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "tuikkia"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "mirgot"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "blinke"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mercátʹ",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мерца́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "priob"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "caog"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to twinkle",
"word": "göz kırpmak"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be dim and flicker",
"word": "funkeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be dim and flicker",
"word": "blinken"
}
],
"word": "wink"
}
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"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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{
"word": "a nod is as good as a wink"
},
{
"word": "a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat"
},
{
"word": "butt wink"
},
{
"word": "God-wink"
},
{
"word": "God wink"
},
{
"word": "in the wink of an eye"
},
{
"word": "kiddle-a-wink"
},
{
"word": "nudge nudge wink wink"
},
{
"word": "quick as a wink"
},
{
"word": "sleep a wink"
},
{
"word": "tip the wink"
},
{
"word": "wink-a-peep"
},
{
"word": "wink murder"
},
{
"word": "wink-wink"
},
{
"word": "wink wink nudge nudge"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "wynken"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wincian",
"4": "",
"5": "to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink",
"pos": "weak verb"
},
"expansion": "Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*winkōn",
"4": "",
"5": "to close one's eyes"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weng-",
"4": "",
"5": "to bow, bend, arch, curve"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "winken",
"3": "",
"4": "to blink, wink"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "winken",
"3": "",
"4": "to nod, beckon, make a sign"
},
"expansion": "German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "wäänke"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian wäänke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wenken",
"3": "",
"4": "to beckon, motion"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vacillare",
"3": "",
"4": "sway"
},
"expansion": "Latin vacillare (“sway”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "véngti",
"3": "",
"4": "to swerve, avoid"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"ref": "1899, Jack London, \"The Men of Forty-Nine: 'Malemute Kid\" Deals with a Duel,\" Overland Monthly, Vol. XXXIII, second series",
"text": "It’s many’s the time I shot the selfsame rifiie before, and it’s many ’s the time after, but niver a wink of the same have I seen. 'T was the sight of a lifetime."
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "clin d’œil"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "qritzá",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
"word": "palpebrago"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ammiccamento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nittitazione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
"word": "batter d'occhio"
},
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "pamirkšķināšana"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"masculine"
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "blink of one eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
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"neuter"
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"masculine"
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"code": "gd",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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],
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "blink of one eye",
"word": "రెప్పపాటు"
},
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"word": "guizzo"
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