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Meanings of winking in anglès

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A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.

        parpelleig

        Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly.

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              Examples for "blinking"
              Examples for "blinking"
              1
              Grant stepped out, blinking in the light, and said, Good work, kids.
              Jurassic Park
              2
              His health bar was blinking red, and he was out of bandages.
              Dangerous Women
              3
              Most men are heavily handicapped; it is no good blinking the fact.
              Mushrooms on the Moor
              4
              Then they were blinking about at a wonderful view of the City.
              A Tale of Time City
              5
              She removed her nose-trap and stood blinking blindly in the white candlelight.
              The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
              Usage of winking in anglès
              1
              We would see the fire-flies winking in the bush above the beaches
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917
              2
              She was fairly sure that this was the Sempitern's way of winking.
              A Tale of Time City
              3
              Morning has sprouted, pale and winking, by the time they say good-bye.
              Russian Winter
              4
              The opportunity was there, winking at him like a great cosmic joke.
              Dating the rebel tycoon
              5
              Except that it's only winking from the left side of the display.
              Year's best sf 15
              6
              He accused the priests of loose teaching and shameless winking at sin.
              A History of the Moravian Church
              7
              It was not likely the Madonna was winking in a heretic's parlor.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 / A Magazin...
              8
              The soldiers looked at me, and I saw some of them winking.
              A Minstrel in France
              9
              Thou canst cast a spell by the mere winking of an eye.
              Kim
              10
              Chloe sauntered past in shapeless work clothes, winking as she went by.
              Mezzerow Loves Company
              11
              The little grey device came down on my wrist, charged light winking.
              Broken angels
              12
              And watch them well: rye cakes do burn while one is winking.
              Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Book Two
              13
              And winking his merry eye, Barbee turned back toward the lunch counter.
              The Desert Valley
              14
              Those winking lamps beside the gate a dull watch seem to keep-
              Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 18...
              15
              The dollar spun upwards, winking, and clanked on the rocks, tails up.
              The Seventh Man
              16
              I had thought that the lights were winking, but they were not.
              Hunters Out of Space
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              Translations for winking
              portuguès
              piscamento
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              Winking through the time
              Winking across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common