BLINK

blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation

(noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

blink, wink, nictitate, nictate

(verb) briefly shut the eyes; “The TV announcer never seems to blink”

wink, blink, blink away

(verb) keep back by blinking; “blink away tears”

flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle

(verb) gleam or glow intermittently; “The lights were flashing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

blink (third-person singular simple present blinks, present participle blinking, simple past and past participle blinked)

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

(transitive) 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.

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.

(hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.

(Scotland) To trick; to deceive.

To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.

(scifi, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.

Synonyms

• (close and open both eyes quickly): nictitate

Noun

blink (plural blinks)

The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

A glimpse or glance.

(UK, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle

(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink

(sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.

(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances

Etymology

Noun

Blink (plural Blinks)

(fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group Blackpink.

Noun

BLINK (plural BLINKs)

Alternative letter-case form of Blink.

Source: Wiktionary

Blink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking.] Etym: [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. blican to shine, E. bleak. sq. root98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.]

1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope

2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne. Shak.

3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth. The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott.

4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

Blink, v. t.

1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Blink, n. Etym: [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ]

1. A glimpse or glance. This is the first blink that ever I had of him. Bp. Hall.

2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott. Not a blink of light was there. Wordsworth.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

4. pl. Etym: [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting)

Definition: Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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