blink.
To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
Meaning & usage
To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
She blinked her tears away.
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To glance.
To flash on and off at regular intervals.
The blinking text on the screen was distracting.
To flash on and off at regular intervals. To flash headlights on a car at.
An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.
To flash on and off at regular intervals. To send a signal with a lighting device.
Don't come to the door until I blink twice.
To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse.
The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.
To shut the eyes to (something); to evade, ignore.
To deceive; to hoodwink.
To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
To teleport, mostly for short distances.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
A glimpse or glance.
gleam; glimmer; sparkle
The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
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