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Blink is defined as means to open and close or turn on and off quickly, especially the eyelids.
(verb)An example of blink is to rapidly close and open the eyelids.
The definition of a blink is a quick opening and closing of the eyes, or an on and off flash of light.
(noun)- An example of a blink is the eyes being closed for half a second.
- An example of a blink is a shooting star.
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See blink in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
- to close the eyelids and open them quickly one or more times, as either a reflex or a conscious act
- to flash on and off; twinkle or glimmer
- to look with eyes half-shut and winking, as in dazzling light
- to look (at) as if not seeing; disregard; ignore; condone: to blink at a mistake
- to look (at) with wonder or shock: he blinked at the weight of the players
- Obsolete to look with a glance
Origin: ME blenken, blenchen: see blench
transitive verb
- to wink (the eyes) rapidly
- to cause (eyes, light, etc.) to wink or blink
- to get rid of (tears, eye drops, etc.) by blinking: with away or from
- to close the eyes to (a fact or situation); evade or avoid
- to signal (a message) by flashing a light, etc.
noun
- a blinking of the eyes
- a brief flash of light; twinkle or glimmer
- Chiefly Scot. a quick look; glimpse
- iceblink
- snowblink
See blink in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb blinked, blink·ing, blinks verb, intransitive
- To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
- To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
- To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
- a. To be startled or dismayed.b. To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: “This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked” (Zbigniew Brzezinski).
- To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
- To cause to blink.
- To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking: blinked back the tears.
- To refuse to recognize or face: blink ugly facts.
- To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.
- The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
- An instant: I'll be back in a blink.
- Scots A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
- A flash of light; a twinkle.
- See iceblink.
Origin:
Origin: Probably Middle English blinken, to move suddenly
Origin: , variant of blenchen; see blench1
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