blink

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To blink is to briefly close your eyes. The bright sunlight first thing in the morning might make you blink rapidly, until your eyes adjust.

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To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Noun
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Verb
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

Verb
force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

Verb
gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"

v. i.
To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

v. i.
To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

v. i.
To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

v. i.
To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

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

v. t.
To trick; to deceive.

v. i.
A glimpse or glance.

v. i.
Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

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

pl.
Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.

Blink

Blink , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking.] [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. bl'c6can to shine, E. bleak. &root;98. 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.

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.

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.

The sun blinked fair on pool and stream .

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

Blink

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

Blink, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ] 1. A glimpse or glance.

This is the first blink that ever I had of him.

2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott.

Not a blink of light was there.

3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink. 4. pl. [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

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

A glimpse or glance.

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Usage Examples

The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Every cliche about kids is true they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.