What (who) is blink - definition
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Blink (movie); Blink (song); BLINK; Blink (album); Blink (film)
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![Birds, reptiles and sharks blink with a [[nictitating membrane]] from one side of the eye to the other.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bird blink-edit.jpg?width=200 "Birds, reptiles and sharks blink with a [[nictitating membrane]] from one side of the eye to the other.")
![A [[slow-motion]] example of a blinking human eye](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eye opening and closing.gif?width=200 "A [[slow-motion]] example of a blinking human eye")
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1.
When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
Kathryn blinked and forced a smile...
She was blinking her eyes rapidly...
He blinked at her.
VERB: V, V n, V at n
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Blink is also a noun.
He kept giving quick blinks.
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2.
When a light blinks, it flashes on and off.
Green and yellow lights blinked on the surface of the harbour...
A warning light blinked on.
VERB: V, V on/out/off
3.
If a machine goes on the blink, it stops working properly. (INFORMAL)
...an old TV that's on the blink.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
Blink
·vi A glimpse or glance.
II. Blink ·vi Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
III. Blink ·vi To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, ·etc.
IV. Blink ·pl Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
VI. Blink ·vi To Wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
VII. Blink ·vi To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
VIII. Blink ·vt To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to Shirk; as, to blink the question.
IX. Blink ·vi The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
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To do something so effortlessly that it seems to be magic or miraculous.
(Barbara Eden, I Dream of Jeanie.)
B. Hey, where'd that ice cream come from? A. I blinked it.
(Barbara Eden, I Dream of Jeanie.)
B. Hey, where'd that ice cream come from? A. I blinked it.
Wikipedia
Blink (disambiguation)
A blink refers to blinking, a rapid closing and opening of the eyelid.
Blink may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for blink
1. and go blink, blink, blink, blink, blink,
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity _ Emily Lakdawalla _ Talks at Google
2. blink by blink.
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3. You know how you do that, just blink, blink, blink, blink,
The Other Woman _ Hank Phillipi Ryan _ Talks at Google
4. Didn't even blink, I didn't blink.
Living a Life of Purpose _ Roy Spence _ Talks at Google
5. from blink.
Neighborhoods _ Mark Hoppus & Tom DeLonge _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of blink
1. "Old MacDonald." "Smoke on the Water." Blink, blink.
2. By Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor PARTS of the brain go on the blink every time we blink, scientists have found.
3. A06 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice didn‘t blink.
4. She‘ll be back with him quicker than you can blink.
5. This time around the government isn‘t going to blink.