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blink

   [blingk]
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
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.
12.
Meteorology.
a.
iceblink.
b.
snowblink.
Idiom
13.
on the blink, not in proper working order; in need of repair: The washing machine is on the blink again.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English blinken (v.), variant of blenken to blench1; cognate with Dutch, German blinken

Synonyms
1. See wink1. 8. overlook, disregard, avoid, condone. 9. wink, flicker, twinkle, flutter.

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blinks (blɪŋks)
 
—n
(functioning as singular) a small temperate portulacaceous plant, Montia fontana with small white flowers
 
[C19: from blink, because the flowers do not fully open and thus seem to blink at the light]

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blink
1580s, from M.Du. blinken "to glitter," of uncertain origin (possibly akin to bleach; cf. Ger. blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle"). M.E. used blekne in this sense, related to blench (q.v.).
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