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To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bat an eye, bat an eyelash, flinch
Antonyms: none provided
From bat (“flutter”), circa 1900.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ռեակցիա տալ
(ṙeakcʻia tal)
— to react in any slight way
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Armenian:
տանձին լինել
(tanjin linel)
— to react in any slight way
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Chinese Mandarin:
眨眼
(zhǎyǎn)
— to react in any slight way
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Finnish:
räpäyttää silmää
— to react in any slight way
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Finnish:
väräyttää eväänsä
— to react in any slight way
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German:
mit der Wimper zucken
— to react in any slight way
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Hungarian:
negative polarity only) szeme se rebben
— to react in any slight way
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Hungarian:
arcizma se rándul
— to react in any slight way
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Hungarian:
szemrebbenés nélkül
— to react in any slight way
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Italian:
battere ciglio
— to react in any slight way
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Norwegian:
heve et øyelokk
— to react in any slight way
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Norwegian:
heve et øyenbryn
— to react in any slight way
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Polish:
kiwać palcem
— to react in any slight way
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Polish:
kiwnąć palcem
— to react in any slight way
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Russian:
моргну́ть гла́зом
(morgnútʹ glázom)
— to react in any slight way
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Spanish:
inmutarse
— to react in any slight way
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Swedish:
höja på ögonbrynen
— to react in any slight way
