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[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.') piscar o olho2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) piscar2. noun(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) piscadela* * *[wiŋk] n 1 pestanejo, piscadela, abrir e fechar de olhos. 2 instante, momento. • vt+vi piscar, abrir e fechar os olhos rapidamente. I winked at her / pisquei para ela. by wink a) dar sinal piscando os olhos. b) pestanejar. c) cintilar, tremular. forty winks soneca. in a wink num instante. to tip somebody the wink dar um aviso ou informação de maneira secreta (para alguém). to wink at something tolerar, fazer que não vê, fechar os olhos a. I winked at it / fiz de conta que não vi. we could not get a wink of sleep não conseguimos dormir, não conseguimos fechar os olhos. -
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[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.') piscar, dar uma piscadela2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) piscar2. noun(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) piscadela
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in the wink of an eye — quick as a wink or in the wink of an eye very quickly Quick as a wink, she jumped up and opened the door … English dictionary
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