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Meaning of 'blink' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Blink [ pl.]
- Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
2 . Blink [ v. i.]
- 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, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
- To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
- 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; ice blink.
3 . Blink [ v. t.]
- To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
- To trick; to deceive.

Meaning of 'blink' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . blink [ v]
Meaning (1):
- keep back by blinking
Example in sentence:
  • blink away tears
Meaning (2):
- gleam or glow intermittently
Example in sentence:
  • The lights were flashing
Meaning (3):
- briefly shut the eyes
Example in sentence:
  • The TV announcer never seems to blink

Nearby Words:

blickey blight blighted blighting blightingly blimbi blimbing blin blind blindage

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