wink

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
2. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
3. A brief time; an instant.
4. The smallest possible amount.
5. A subtle allusion.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To close one's eyes in sleep.
2. (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
3. (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
4. (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
5. (intransitive, transitive) 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.)
6. (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

Concetti

sbattere le ciglia

ammiccare

😉

ammiccamento

strizzare l’occhiolino

attimo

brillare

ammicco

fare l’occhiolino

lampeggiare

occhiolino

😉

strizzare l’occhio

sbattere le palpebre

battito di ciglia

lampeggio

frazione di secondo

strizzata d’occhi

balenare

battere le palpebre

fare l'occhiolino

battere le ciglia

chiudere gli occhi

sbattimento di palpebre

avere un tic

lampo

sbattimento delle ciglia

baleno

stizzare l’occhiolino

fare segni con gli occhi

battere gli occhi

battibaleno

cenno

bilux

istante

sinonimi

blink

twinkle

flash

flicker

nictitate

twinkling

nictate

winking

instant

close

blinking

nictitation

squint

trice

winkle

glimmer

eye blink

blink of an eye

shimmer

heartbeat

💓

nod

scintillate

eye-wink

nictation

blink away

glint

split second

sparkle

❇️

sign

shut one eye

New York minute

inkling

hint

jiffy

bat

🦇

hint given by eyes

beckon

connive

dance

💃

flare

flutter

gleam

glisten

glitter

glow

gutter

instantaneousness

moment

occult

one-eyed

Traduzioni

zwinkern

blinzeln

parpadear

guiñar

😉

pestañear

cligner

guiño

😉

ciller

knipogen

😉

Zwinkern

αναβοσβήνω

Blinzeln

einen Augenwink machen

mit dem Auge zwinkern

piscar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɪŋk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wynken

Ereditato da inglese antico: wincian

Affine Middle Low German: winken

Affine tedesco: winken

Affine saterfriesisch: wäänke

Affine olandese: wenken

Affine latino: vacillare

Affine lituano: véngti

Affine albanese: vang

Affine sanscrito: वङ्गति

In summary

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”), French guigner (“to eye, sneak a look at”).