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   blink

   /blɪŋk/

   verb

   • 1. shut and open the eyes quickly: "I blinked in astonishment" Similar shut and openflutterflickerwinkbattechnical:nictitatenictate
   • ▪ try to control or prevent tears by blinking: "Elizabeth blinked back tears"
   • ▪ react to (something) with surprise or disapproval: "he doesn't blink at the unsavoury aspects of his subject" Similar be surprisedlook twicebe startledbe shockedinformal:boggle
   • ▪ back down from a confrontation: "the government blinked only after losing 46 of the first 48 hearings"
   • 2. (of a light) flash on and off in a regular or intermittent way: "the car's right-hand indicator was blinking" Similar flashflickertwinklewaverwinkscintillateglintglimmerglittershine (intermittently)

   noun

   • 1. an act of shutting and opening the eyes very quickly: "he was observing her every blink"
   • ▪ a moment's hesitation: "Feargal would have given her all this without a blink"
   • 2. a momentary gleam of light: "out on the marshes there was a blink of light"

   Word Origin Middle English: from blenk, Scots variant of blench, reinforced by Middle Dutch blinken ‘to shine’. Early senses included ‘deceive’, ‘flinch’ (compare with blench), and also ‘open the eyes after sleep’: hence blink (sense 1 of the verb) (mid 16th century).

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   What does Blink mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! BLINK definition: 1. When you blink, you close and then open your eyes quickly once or several times, and when an eye…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean when your eyes blink?

   • 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. Your eyes blink reflexively, when you're not even thinking about it, but you can also deliberately blink back tears. Certain lights blink as well, like your car's turn signal, flashing on and off.

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   Where did the word Blink come from?

   • The first records of the term blink come from the mid-1200s. It comes from the Middle English blenken, meaning “to quail, shrink back, or flinch.” Humans unconsciously blink their eyes a lot without realizing—up to 20 times a minute! Perhaps that frequency is why we have so many senses of the word blink.

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   What does it mean if a person blinks?

   • To blink can also mean to ignore or avoid something, as in Society will blink at rude behavior if the person being rude is powerful enough. Example: Blink your eyes when you see the light flash. Where does blink come from? The first records of the term blink come from the mid-1200s.

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   What does it mean if a light blinks?

   • Certain lights blink as well, like your car's turn signal, flashing on and off. A figurative way to blink is to hesitate or give up, especially at a confrontation: "The lawyers kept holding out for a settlement, waiting for the other side to blink first."

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   What happens if you blink your eyes?

   • Sometimes, the limits of what it is practically possible to fathom can change drastically in a blink. When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again. Kathryn blinked and forced a smile.

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     to close and open the eyes quickly, once or several times: [...

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word blink, which can be a verb or a noun. Blink can mean to close and open the eyes, to shine dimly, or to look with surprise or dismay.

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   an act or instance of closing and reopening the eyes, especially repeatedly or involuntarily: She claimed not to be startled, but her blink betrayed her. the act or condition of flickering, twinkling, or shining intermittently: The faithful blink of the lighthouse comforted the crew. Synonyms: flutter, twinkle, flicker, wink. a gleam; glimmer:

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   to close and open the eyes quickly, once or several times: [ I ] He stared at us without blinking. If a light blinks, it flashes off and on. (Definition of blink from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the verb and noun blink, which means to close and open the eyes quickly or to flash on and off. See examples, idioms, and related words for 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. Your eyes blink reflexively, when you're not even thinking about it, but you can also deliberately blink back tears.