intransitive verb

1. to close the eyelids and open them quickly one or more times, as either a reflex or a conscious act
2. to flash on and off; twinkle or glimmer
3. to look with eyes half-shut and winking, as in dazzling light
4. 1. to look (at) as if not seeing; disregard; ignore; condone to blink at a mistake
   2. to look (at) with wonder or shock he blinked at the weight of the players
5. Obsolete to look with a glance

Etymology: ME blenken, blenchen: see blench

transitive verb

1. to wink (the eyes) rapidly
2. to cause (eyes, light, etc.) to wink or blink
3. to get rid of (tears, eye drops, etc.) by blinking: with away or from
4. to close the eyes to (a fact or situation); evade or avoid
5. to signal (a message) by flashing a light, etc.

noun

1. a blinking of the eyes
2. a brief flash of light; twinkle or glimmer
3. Chiefly Scot. a quick look; glimpse
4. 1. iceblink
   2. snowblink