Blink Definition

blĭngk
blinked, blinking, blinks
verb
blinked, blinking, blinks
To close the eyelids and open them quickly one or more times, as either a reflex or a conscious act.
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To wink (the eyes) rapidly.
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To look with eyes half-shut and winking, as in dazzling light.
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To flash on and off; twinkle or glimmer.
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To look with a glance.
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noun
blinks
A blinking of the eyes.
Webster's New World
An instant.
I'll be back in a blink.
American Heritage
A quick look; glimpse.
Webster's New World
A brief flash of light; twinkle or glimmer.
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Iceblink.

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idiom
in the blink of an eye
  • Very quickly.
American Heritage
on the blink
  • Out of working order.
American Heritage
without blinking an eye
  • Without showing any reaction.
American Heritage
on the blink
  • not working right; out of order
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Other Word Forms of Blink

Noun

Singular:
blink
Plural:
blinks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Blink

Origin of Blink

  • Probably Middle English blinken to move suddenly variant of blenchen blench1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch blinken. Related to blank.

    From Wiktionary

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Blink Sentence Examples

  • In a blink, he'd Traveled there.

  • Sarah's expression went from surprise to joy in the blink of an eye.

  • The only other soul she'd touched had told her its life story in a blink of the eye, terrifying her.

  • I had not heard anyone predict even the possibility of these two events before they came upon us, in what seemed the blink of an eye.

  • The body heat of someone kneeling beside her made her blink, and she braced herself for the doc shooting her up again.

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Words Starting With

BBLBLI

Words Ending With

KNKINK

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blink

Words Starting With B and Ending With K

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