Le mot anglais du jour

blink

cligner des yeux

Définitions

anglais > français
blink
1. v. Cligner (fermer les yeux contre la lumière).
2. v. Ciller (fermer et rouvrir les yeux).
3. v. Clignoter.
anglais > anglais
blink
1. v. (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
2. v. To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
She blinked her tears away.
3. v. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
4. v. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
5. v. To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
6. v. To flash on and off at regular intervals.
The blinking text on the screen was distracting.
7. v. To flash headlights on a car at.
An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.
8. v. To send a signal with a lighting device.
Don't come to the door until I blink twice.
9. v. (hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
10. v. To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
to blink the question
11. v. (Scotland) To trick; to deceive.
12. v. To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
13. v. (video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances
14. n. The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
15. n. (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
16. n. (computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
17. n. A glimpse or glance.
18. n. (dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle
19. n. (nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
20. n. (sports) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
21. n. (video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
français > anglais
cligner des yeux
1. v. to wink