wink

wink
wiŋk 1. verb
1) (to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc: He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.') blunke (til)
2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) blinke, blafre, glitre
2. noun
(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) blunk
blinking
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subst. \/wɪnk\/
1) blunk(ing)
2) (overført) vink
3) øyeblikk, blunk
4) glimt
forty winks (hverdagslig) liten lur, høneblund
I want my forty winks
jeg trenger en liten lur
get the wink få et vink
in a wink eller in the wink of an eye på et øyeblikk, på et blunk
not sleep a wink eller not get a wink (of sleep) ikke lukke et øye, ikke sove i det hele tatt
I didn't sleep a wink last night
jeg har ikke sovet i hele natt
I couldn't get a wink (of sleep)
jeg fikk ikke blund på øyet
tip somebody the wink (hverdagslig) tipse noen, gi noen et vink
II
verb \/wɪŋk\/
1) blunke (med)
2) blinke (til), glimte
a lighthouse was winking in the far distance
et fyr blinket i det fjerne
before one can wink før en vet ordet av det
wink at somebody blunke til noen, flørte med noen
wink at something (overført) lukke øynene for noe, se gjennom fingrene med noe
wink back one's tears holde tilbake tårene
wink out slokne, gå ut med blafring
the lights winked out
lysene sloknet
(amer.) plutselig opphøre, plutselig holde opp

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