blink
IPA: bɫˈɪŋk
noun
- The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
- (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
- (computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
- A glimpse or glance.
- (UK, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle
- (nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
- (sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
- (video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
- (fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group Blackpink.
- Alternative letter-case form of Blink. [(fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group Blackpink.]
verb
- (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
- To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
- To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
- To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
- (Tyneside, obsolete) To glance.
- To flash on and off at regular intervals.
- To flash headlights on a car at.
- To send a signal with a lighting device.
- (hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
- (in negative constructions) To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse.
- (transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
- To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
- (science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.
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Examples of "blink" in Sentences
- His eye blinks as he lies.
- In the blink of an eye, the hot summer has arrived.
- The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air.
- Blinking and the gaze of the eye are used to communicate.
- He died in the blink of an eye at the moment of the crash.
- The eight virtual years had passed in the blink of an eye.
- Superman can fly around the entire planet in the blink of an eye.
- In addition, the lights were blinking brightly as the coil was switched.
- The temporal effects cause Aria to grow to adulthood in the blink of an eye.
- When the eyes blink, the lacrimal fluid is spread across the surface of the eye.
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