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blink
I. \ˈbliŋk\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English blinken to open one's eyes; probably akin to Middle Dutch & German blinken to glitter, shine, Old High German blanch shining, bright, white — more at blank
intransitive verb
1.
a. obsolete : to look glancingly : peep, glance
b. : to look with half-shut winking eyes (as when roused from sleep or dazzled by strong light)
< seated in her obscure corner blinking at the fire >
< the glare on the snow made us blink >
c. : to open and shut the eye repeatedly or rapidly : wink involuntarily
< one eye blinking and twitching >
2. of light or a source of light
a. : to shine intermittently : flicker, twinkle
b. : to shine dimly or uncertainly
< sun blinking through the strands of fog >
3.
a. : to look evasively : look with ignoring or condoning — usually used with at
< modern popular philosophy blinks at these facts — M.R.Cohen >
b. : to look with surprise : become startled, amazed, or dismayed — used with at
< a professional statistician might blink at the methods though the results seem reasonable >
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to cause to sour : make sour (as milk or beer)
2. of a sporting dog : to refuse to see and point (game)
< his dog blinked the first bevy of the day >
3.
a. : to close and open (the eye) involuntarily : wink
< he blinked his tired eyes >
b. : to remove (as tears) from the eye by blinking
4. chiefly Scotland : to put the evil eye on : bewitch
5.
a. : to deny recognition to : deliberately evade : ignore — often used in negative constructions
< there was no blinking the fact that she had been worried — Helen Howe >
or with away
< truths that at the turn of the century were firmly blinked away — Saturday Review >
b. : to be aware of : recognize
< if we blink the truth we must admit our share of responsibility >
6.
a. : to cause to emit flashes or twinkles of light
< he blinked his flashlight to show us the way >
b. : to signal by a blinker
II. noun
(-s)
1. chiefly Scotland : glimpse, glance
< a view on a bit of empty road, houses, and a blink of sea — R.L.Stevenson >
2.
a. : a brief show of light : gleam, glimmer, sparkle
< a blink of bright flame >
b. : a brief period of time : instant, moment, trice
3. : an involuntary shutting and opening of the eye : winking
4. dialect : milk that is slightly sour
5.
a. : a whitish or mottled appearance of the sky about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from an ice field or from scattered ice — compare iceblink
b. : a dark appearance of the sky about the horizon caused by the absence of reflected light due to open water — compare water sky
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- on the blink
III. adjective
: blink-eyed
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening
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