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мерца́ть — meaning in English

mertsat

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English meaning

  • flare noun A bright light or flame used as a signal or for illumination, often a handheld or fired device.
  • flicker verb To shine or burn unsteadily, with light that wavers.
  • glimmer noun A faint, unsteady light.
  • shimmer verb To shine with a soft, faint, flickering light.
  • twink noun (slang) A young, slim, attractive gay man, typically without much body hair.
  • twinkle verb To shine with a flickering, sparkling light.
  • wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

мерца́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • flare (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
  • flicker (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
  • glimmer (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
  • shimmer Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.
  • twink To twinkle; to sparkle.
  • twinkle (of a source of light) To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
  • wink (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

flare — full definition

  1. noun A bright light or flame used as a signal or for illumination, often a handheld or fired device.
  2. verb To burn brightly and suddenly, or to suddenly intensify.
  3. verb To widen gradually outward, especially describing trousers or a shape.

flicker — full definition

  1. verb To shine or burn unsteadily, with light that wavers.
  2. verb To appear and disappear briefly; to flutter.
  3. noun An unsteady, wavering flash of light.
  4. noun A type of small woodpecker.

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