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1 squint
[skwint] 1. verb1) (to have the physical defect of having the eyes turning towards or away from each other or to cause the eyes to do this: The child squints; You squint when you look down at your nose.) vera rangeygður2) ((with at, up at, through etc) to look with half-shut or narrowed eyes: He squinted through the telescope.) píra augun2. noun1) (a squinting position of the eyes: an eye-operation to correct her squint.) rangeygð2) (a glance or look at something: Let me have a squint at that photograph.) það að kíkja á e-ð3. adjective, adverb((placed etc) crookedly or not straight: Your hat is squint.) skakkur -
2 wink
[wiŋk] 1. verb1) (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.') depla augunum2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) blika, leiftra2. noun(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) depl, blikk
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shut-eye — (n.) colloquial for sleep, 1899, from SHUT (Cf. shut) (v.) + EYE (Cf. eye) (n.). Andersen s Ole Shut eye about a being who makes children sleepy, came out 1842; The Shut Eye Train popular children s poem by Eugene Field, is from 1896 … Etymology dictionary
shut-eye — n [U] informal sleep ▪ We d better get some shut eye … Dictionary of contemporary English
shut-eye — [shutī΄] n. Slang sleep * * * … Universalium
shut-eye — shut ,eye noun uncount INFORMAL sleep … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shut-eye — ► NOUN informal ▪ sleep … English terms dictionary
shut-eye — [shutī΄] n. Slang sleep … English World dictionary
shut-eye — {n.}, {slang} Sleep. * /It s very late. We d better get some shut eye./ * /I m going to get some shut eye before the game./ Compare: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
shut-eye — {n.}, {slang} Sleep. * /It s very late. We d better get some shut eye./ * /I m going to get some shut eye before the game./ Compare: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
shut-eye — noun slang Sleep. It s very late. We d better get some shut eye. I m going to get some shut eye before the game. Compare: forty winks … Словарь американских идиом
shut-eye — also shuteye N UNCOUNT Shut eye is sleep. [INFORMAL] Go home and get some shut eye, Craig. Syn: sleep … English dictionary
shut-eye — n. sleep. □ It’s about time to get some shut eye. □ I could use about another hour of shut eye … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions