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wink

/wɪŋk/

wink in

wink on

wink out

Traductions

winknoun

winks

/wɪŋk/

clin d'œil

She gave him a wink to let him know she was joking.

Elle lui a fait un clin d'œil pour lui montrer qu’elle plaisantait.

instantSens figuré : très court laps de temps.

He was gone in a wink, leaving everyone surprised.

Il a disparu en un instant, laissant tout le monde surpris.

Synonymes

winkverb

winked

Past Simple

winked

Past Participle

winking

Gerund

/wɪŋk/

faire un clin d'œil

She winked at him to let him know she was joking.

Elle lui a fait un clin d'œil pour lui montrer qu’elle plaisantait.

Traductions supplémentaires

scintillerSens littéraire ou poétique, pour une lumière qui brille par intermittence.

Synonymes

winkinterjection

Used parenthetically (often repeated) to signal innuendo or that something should be understood implicitly.

Traductions supplémentaires

clin d'œil, clin d'œilFormule employée pour suggérer un sous-entendu ou une complicité.

Définitions

winknoun

A brief closing and opening of one eye, often as a signal or hint.

She gave him a wink to let him know she was joking.

A very short period of time; an instant.

He was gone in a wink, leaving everyone surprised.

winkverb

To close and open one eye quickly, typically as a signal or hint.

She winked at him to let him know she was joking.

To shine with a flickering or twinkling light.

The stars winked in the night sky.

winkinterjection

Used—often in the repeated form "wink, wink"—to suggest that a statement carries an implied, usually risqué or secret, meaning.

"He said he was going to 'study' with her, wink, wink."