wink

Pronunciation: [wiŋk]

Average Rank: 12620

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 眨眼, 使眼色, 瞬间 vi. 眨眼, 使眼色, 闪烁 vt. 眨

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. closing one eye quickly as a signal
  • v. signal by winking
  • v. force to go away by blinking
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Difficulty: INTERMEDIATE
Exam Tags: cet6 ky gre
Word Forms:
Past: winked
Present Participle: winking
Plural: winks
3rd Person: winks
Past Participle: winked

Word Frequency Rankings

TV & Movie Scripts
#9456

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 5.4% (Top 5.4% most frequent)
5.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#8404

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 16.0% (Top 16.0% most frequent)
16.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

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This word appears in 2 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across different contexts.

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