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wink



piscar
piscar


Definições

inglês > português
wink
     1. piscar
     2. piscada
inglês > inglês
wink
     1. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes in sleep.
     2. v. (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
     3. v. (intransitive) To turn a blind eye; to connive. Usually with at.
     4. v. (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
     5. v. (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 m
           He winked at me.
           She winked her eye.
           He winked his assent.
     6. v. (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
     7. n. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
     8. n. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
     9. n. A brief time; an instant.
     10. n. The smallest possible amount.
     11. n. A subtle allusion.
           The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.
     12. n. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
     13. n. (Chiefly British) Periwinkle.
português > inglês
piscar
     1. v. to blink (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
     2. v. to wink (To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
     3. v. to flash (To (cause to) shine intermittently)

Pronúncia




Exemplos

The tension on the day of the match made me greet the morning without even sleeping a wink.
    A tensão do dia do jogo fez-me saudar a manhã sem ter sequer pregado olhos.



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