blinkingn.
/ˈblɪŋkɪŋ/ 1. The action of blink v. in its various senses.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking
prinkOE
twinklinga1300
blenching1393
twink14..
blenking?a1505
twinking1519
twinkle1548
connivance1596
winka1616
nictation1623
shailing1653
nictitation1794
blinking1871
blink1924
bat1932
saccade1953
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 74 Something which they are able to behold without blinking.
1878 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 248 There is no blinking of the eyes to the part which..sordid or foul circumstances play in life.
2. spec. in Brewing: The operation of giving a sharp taste to beer by letting the wort stand for some time. Also of beer: Turning sour during fermentation. (Cf. blink v. 7b.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > turning sour
blinking1727
foxing1742
fox1750
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Brewing In the North of England..they let their first Wort stand in their Receivers till it is very clear..which they call Blinking.
1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) iv. iii. 271 Souring of the Grains, or what some call Blinking or Charing, is prevented.
3. The faulty action, in a sporting dog, of refusing to see and mark the position of game. Cf. blinker n. 4.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > pointing > dog that refuses to mark
blinker1814
blinking1814
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that refuses to see and mark position of prey > action of
blinking1814
1814 W. Dobson Kunopædia 89 (heading) On Blinking. Defect in blood, a suspected cause.
1848 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking 10 The unreasonableness of not always giving initiatory Lessons. Causes Blinking.
1865 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking (ed. 4) 202 Some argue that blinking arises from a defective nose, not from punishment.
1897 H. Dalziel Brit. Dogs (ed. 2) III. 336 Blinking..is caused..by undue severity or punishment administered for chasing game or poultry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
blinkingadj.
1.
a. Looking with twinkling or half-open eyelids; winking; weak-eyed.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision
darkOE
dima1220
bissona1250
murka1300
mistedc1450
obfuscatec1487
spurblind1508
sand-blind1538
dim-sighted1561
blinking1568
dimmed1590
weak-sighteda1591
purblind1592
sand-eyed1592
thick-eyed1598
left-eyed1609
mole-eyed1610
blindish1611
mole-sighted1625
sanded1629
veiled1633
weak-eyed1645
scotomatical1656
mole-blinda1660
swimming1697
wavering1842
foggy1847
scotomatous1866
clouding1868
wall-eyed1873
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking
winking1555
blinking1568
blink1575
wapper1581
blinked1590
wapper-eyed1604
twinkling1740
nictitant1826
blinky1861
nictitating1899
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 6 A furious God: an Archer blincking boy.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 53 The pourtrait of a blinking idiot. View more context for this quotation
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 264 One Eye was blinking, and one Leg was lame.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 39 Stood with blinking gaze Before a fire's unsteady blaze.
b. Scottish. Glancing pleasantly.
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1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 90 Blinkin daft Barbara M'Leg.
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 119 His blinkan eye and gate sae free.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 133 Guided by one of these blinking Ganymedes.
2. Shining dimly or intermittently, twinkling, flickering.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering
levininga1340
leaming1387
gloringa1400
gleamingc1400
glimpsing1551
shimmering1558
glooming1579
brandishing1581
gleamy1593
glancing1596
glimmering1600
flickering1608
flashing1616
blinking1681
glimmerous1793
skimmeringa1800
aglimmer1828
agleam1854
aglint1871
aglance1880
glinting1883
shimmery1883
glimmery1906
1681 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 327 By a blinking and promiscuous light.
1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night iii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 146 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 233 A solitary lamp to throw its blinking rays athwart his effigy.
3. blinking chickweed n. = blinks n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 110 [Montia fontana] Blinking Chickweed. Anglis. By the sides of springs and rivulets frequent.
4. Used as a substitute for a strong expletive. slang.
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation
stinking?c1225
misbegetc1325
banned1340
cursefula1382
wariablea1382
cursedc1386
biccheda1400
maledighta1400
vilea1400
accursedc1400
whoresona1450
remauldit?1473
execrable1490
infamous1490
unbicheda1500
jolly1534
bloodyc1540
mangy?1548
pagan1550
damned1563
misbegotten1571
putid1580
desperate1581
excremental1591
inexecrable?1594
sacred1594
putrid1628
sad1664
blasted1682
plagued1728
damnation1757
infernal1764
damn1775
pesky1775
deuced1782
shocking1798
blessed1806
darned1815
dinged1821
anointed1823
goldarn1830
darn1835
cussed1837
blamed1840
unholy1842
verdomde1850
bleeding1858
ghastly1860
goddam1861
blankety1872
blame1876
bastard1877
God-awful1877
dashed1881
sodding1881
bally1885
ungodly1887
blazing1888
dee1889
motherfucking1890
blistering1900
plurry1900
Christly1910
blinking1914
blethering1915
blighted1915
blighting1916
soddish1922
somethinged1922
effing1929
Jesus1929
dagnab1934
bastarding1944
Christless1947
mother-loving1948
mothering1951
pussyclaat1957
mother-grabbing1959
pigging1970
1914 Scotsman 12 Oct. 7/5 One..Guardsman..declared..that His Majesty seemed to carry the ‘blinking Army List in his 'ead’.
1927 Observer 21 Aug. 17/5 The type of golfer who..hurls the bag of clubs after it, accompanied by the remark, ‘Go on, have the blinking lot’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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