Dictionary entry

Yellow streak

Pronunciation: /striːk/

Pronunciation

/striːk/

Myanmar Meaning

သူရဲဘောကြောင်သည့် ဗီဇ။

Definition

wink /wÇŋk/ v ၁။ ~ (at sb) မ်က္စိတစ္ဖက္မိွတ္ျပသည္။ Jack winked conspiratorially ❍ He winked at me to show that he was playing a joke on the others. ၂။ ( rhet ) လက္ခနဲလက္ခနဲ လင္းသည္။ We could see the lighthouse winking in the distance. n မ်က္စိတစ္ဖက္မိွတ္ျပျခင္း။ He gave me a meaningful/ knowing wink. See also FORTY WINKS ❏ not get/ have a wink of sleep; not sleep a wink [ IDM ] တစ္ေမွးမွ် အိပ္မရ။ The neighbours were having a party and we didn't get a wink of sleep. ❏ wink at sth [ PHRV ] မသိဟန္ေဆာင္သည္။

Examples

  1. ‘It was almost like my old dad was winking at me to help me notice him.’
  2. ‘The only way I can wink properly is if I pry one eye open and prop it up with one finger.’
  3. ‘Before I could signal my incredulity he winked and nodded at a diagram pinned to the wall.’
  4. ‘He glanced at Dallas and winked as Calida opened the gate and walked over.’
  5. ‘He sat up
  6. examined my face
  7. winked
  8. and dressed quickly to duck out of the room for a wash
  9. down the hall.’
  10. ‘Melayn nodded and winked ever so slightly at Hazel before closing her eyes.’
  11. ‘I turned around as she winked and closed the door
  12. laughing.’
  13. ‘Kriss yelled down
  14. eyes closed as she grinned
  15. then winked and gave a peace sign.’
  16. ‘The smiley icon appeared momentarily
  17. one of the eyes closing quickly as it winked.’
  18. ‘April winked and I hurried after
  19. opening my mouth and screeching out my lines.’
  20. ‘‘I know I'm in better shape now than when I was younger
  21. ’ she winks
  22. flexing a taut bicep.’
  23. ‘He winked and laughed at his joke
  24. putting a friendly arm around her shoulders.’
  25. ‘Blowing him a kiss
  26. I winked and tore away from him
  27. making my way quickly home.’
  28. ‘He quickly looked up at her and winked as a tiny silver box poked up from behind the desk.’
  29. ‘Then
  30. winking to show that she was joking
  31. she plunged back into the crowd.’
  32. ‘‘She seems very keen
  33. ’ Neil says and winks at me.’
  34. ‘He took the trouble to wink and then closed his eyes
  35. instantly falling asleep.’
  36. ‘She handed him a piece of paper
  37. closed her locker
  38. turned and left
  39. all in one instant.’
  40. ‘Jason glanced in my direction
  41. and I saw him wink quickly.’
  42. ‘He winked back and they both grabbed their stuff
  43. as quickly as they could.’