vilkkua — meaning in English

English meaning

• flash verb To shine briefly or repeatedly.
• wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

vilkkua is used for these senses in English:

• flash (intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
• wink (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

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.

wink — full definition

1. verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.
2. verb To blink both eyes quickly, often without meaning to.
3. verb Followed by "at": to deliberately ignore something, pretending not to notice.
4. verb To flicker or gleam unsteadily, like a light in the distance.
5. noun The act of winking, or the private signal sent by doing so.

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