blink

/blɪŋk/

noun 7verb 5

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

ADV

hard

She blinked hard to keep the tears from falling down her cheeks.

rapidly

PREP

at

He blinked at the sudden brightness when we opened the curtains this morning.

in/with

She blinked with confusion when her friend told her the surprising news.

PHRASES

blink away a tear, blink back tears

He blinked away a tear as he watched his daughter walk down the aisle.

blink your eyes/your eyes blink

Definitions

verb

1

To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.

2

To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

She blinked her tears away.

3

To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.

4

To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.

5

To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.

The sun blinked fair on pool and stream.

noun

1

The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

2

The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

3

A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.

4

A glimpse or glance.

This is the first blink that ever I had of him.

5

gleam; glimmer; sparkle

Not a blink of light was there.

this man vanished away […]as he had been a blink of the sun

noun

1

A fan of the South Korean girl group Blackpink.

The long-awaited solo from BLACKPINK's Jennie came along and was very well received by BLINKs everywhere.

BLACKPINK's first concert in Manila was definitely one for the books and BLINKs can only hope the four girls can come back sooner with brand new hit songs!

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

blinking
wink
winking
nictitation
nictation

verb — briefly shut the eyes

wink
nictitate
nictate

verb — keep back by blinking

wink

verb — gleam or glow intermittently

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

blink of an eye

A moment (a very short period of time).

Just a blink of an eye later, he was gone.

in the blink of an eye

Immediately, instantaneously.

Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.

blink first

To be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.

The future of these valuable vehicles depends on who blinks first in the stand-off between a ROSCO wanting to maximise the return on its investment and the determination of DfT to

Example Bank

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01

The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.

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02

She blinked her tears away.

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03

One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.

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04

I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.

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05

This is the first blink that ever I had of him.

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06

Not a blink of light was there.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, blink is marked as figuratively, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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