blink
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verb (used without object)
1.
to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
2.
to look with winking or half-shut eyes: I blinked at the harsh morning light.
3.
to be startled, surprised, or dismayed (usually followed by at ): She blinked at his sudden fury.
4.
to look evasively or with indifference; ignore (often followed by at ): to blink at another's eccentricities.
5.
to shine unsteadily, dimly, or intermittently; twinkle: The light on the buoy blinked in the distance.
verb (used with object)
6.
to open and close (the eye or eyes), usually rapidly and repeatedly; wink: She blinked her eyes in an effort to wake up.
7.
to cause (something) to blink: We blinked the flashlight frantically, but there was no response.
8.
to ignore deliberately; evade; shirk.
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noun
Idioms 9.
an act of blinking: The faithful blink of the lighthouse.
10.
a gleam; glimmer: There was not a blink of light anywhere.
11.
Chiefly Scot. a glance or glimpse.
13.
on the blink, not in proper working order; in need of repair: The washing machine is on the blink again.
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blink (blɪŋk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when tr | |
| 1. | to close and immediately reopen (the eyes or an eye), usually involuntarily |
| 2. | (intr) to look with the eyes partially closed, as in strong sunlight |
| 3. | to shine intermittently, as in signalling, or unsteadily |
| 4. | (tr |
| 5. | to be surprised or amazed: he blinked at the splendour of the ceremony |
| 6. | to pretend not to know or see (a fault, injustice, etc) |
| —n | |
| 7. | the act or an instance of blinking |
| 8. | a glance; glimpse |
| 9. | short for iceblink |
| 10. | slang on the blink not working properly |
| [C14: variant of | |
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Slang Dictionary
blink
vi.,n. [now rare] To use a navigator or off-line message reader to minimize time spent on-line to a commercial network service (a necessity in many places outside the U.S. where the telecoms monopolies charge per-minute for local calls). As of late 1994, this term was said to be in wide use in the UK, but is rare or unknown in the US. In early 2000 it was reported that the term had apparently passed out of use in the U.K.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
In the blink of this horse's eye, the blue sky becomes a counterpoint to its stare.
The computation involved must be done fast, since the mirror has to respond much more quickly than the blink of an eye.
In a blink of the eye, this show is over before it can even get started.
To make the precision cuts needed, the laser beams are required to stop and turn in less than the blink of an eye.
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