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blink
/blɪŋk/
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What does blink mean?
verb
- To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
- To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
More meanings (22)
verb
- To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
- To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
- To flash on and off at regular intervals.
- To flash headlights on a car at.
- To send a signal with a lighting device.
- To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
- To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse.
- To shut the eyes to (something); to evade, ignore.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
- To teleport, mostly for short distances.
- (obsolete) To glance.
noun
- The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
- (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
- A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
- A glimpse or glance.
- gleam; glimmer; sparkle
- The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
- Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
- An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
- (slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group Blackpink.
- Alternative letter-case form of Blink.
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IPA pronunciation
/blɪŋk/
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Her ever-sensitive lip began to quiver, and her eye to blink, at something this reproof was deciding her to say.
He didn't come near us until this afternoon, and he hasn't by the blink of an eyelash referred to our unfortunate contretemps.
More book examples (3)
I left Longmount pretty early on Tuesday morning, the day being sad, with the blink of an impending snow-storm in the air.
Sónya had not seen anything, she was just wanting to blink and to get up when she heard Natásha say, “Of course she will!”
At night an attentive and practised look-out man will always be able to see the blink of the ice at a fairly long distance.