wink

意味: ウィンク（する）

例文: June gave Chair-kun a knowing wink.
　　  ジューンはチェアくんに意味深なウィンクをした。

定義: 非常に短い時間（瞬きするは心臓が鼓動する間ほどの）

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Noun: closing one eye quickly as a signal
Noun: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Verb: signal by winking
Verb: gleam or glow intermittently
Verb: briefly shut the eyes
Verb: force to go away by blinking

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: if I had the chance I’d do it in a flash
Verb: She winked at him
Verb: The lights were flashing
Verb: The TV announcer never seems to blink
Verb: blink away tears

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): New York minute, blink, blink away, blink of an eye, blinking, eye blink, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, nictate, nictation, nictitate, nictitation, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink, winking, winkle

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act involuntarily, facial expression, gesticulate, moment, radiate, reflex, suppress

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accommodation reflex, applaud, babinski, beckon, belch, bless, blink, blink of an eye, blush, bow, burke, choke off, clap, cross oneself, defecation reflex, electric shock, emoticon, exsert, fart, flash, frown, gape, gleam, glow, grimace, gulp, hiccup, hush, knee jerk, laugh, light reflex, micturition reflex, mydriasis, nod, pharyngeal reflex, pilomotor reflex, plantar reflex, rooting reflex, salivate, shake, shrug, silence, smile, smother, snarl, sneeze, squelch, startle, stifle, straight face, stretch reflex, suckling reflex, tremble, vomit, wince, wink, yawn

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bat, flicker, palpebrate, palpebration

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: blink, blinker, blinking, flash, flasher, nictate, nictation, nictitate, nictitation, twinkle, twinkler, wink, winker, winking

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞):

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Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Holes

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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