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vilaus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
  • flash verb To shine briefly or repeatedly.
  • glance verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
  • shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.
  • snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
  • tick noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.
  • wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

vilaus is used for these senses in English:

  • crack (slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
  • flash A very short amount of time.
  • glance (also, figuratively) A quick movement that catches light, and causes a flash or glitter; also, the flash or glitter.
  • shake (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
  • snap A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
  • tick (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
  • wink The smallest possible amount.

crack — full definition

  1. verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
  2. verb To solve a difficult problem or figure something out.
  3. verb To break down or give in under pressure, especially during questioning or stress.
  4. verb To make a joke.
  5. noun A thin line or split in a surface.

flash — full definition

  1. verb To shine briefly or repeatedly.
  2. verb To show or send something very quickly.
  3. adjective (informal, chiefly British) Showy and expensive-looking.
  4. noun A sudden brief burst of light.

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