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Definitions for Blinking

[1] (used as an intensifier): He's a blinking idiot.
[2] to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
[3] to look with winking or half-shut eyes: I blinked at the harsh morning light.
[4] to be startled, surprised, or dismayed (usually followed by at ): She blinked at his sudden fury.
[5] to look evasively or with indifference; ignore (often followed by at ): to blink at another's eccentricities.
[6] to shine unsteadily, dimly, or intermittently; twinkle: The light on the buoy blinked in the distance.
[7] to open and close (the eye or eyes), usually rapidly and repeatedly; wink: She blinked her eyes in an effort to wake up.
[8] to cause (something) to blink: We blinked the flashlight frantically, but there was no response.
[9] to ignore deliberately; evade; shirk.
[10] an act of blinking: The faithful blink of the lighthouse.
[11] a gleam; glimmer: There was not a blink of light anywhere.
[12] Chiefly Scot. a glance or glimpse.
[13] Meteorology . iceblink. snowblink.
[14] informal (intensifier) a blinking fool ; a blinking good film
[15] to close and immediately reopen (the eyes or an eye), usually involuntarily
[16] (intr) to look with the eyes partially closed, as in strong sunlight
[17] to shine intermittently, as in signalling, or unsteadily
[18] (tr ; foll by away, from , etc ) to clear the eyes of (dust, tears, etc)
[19] (when tr , usually foll by at ) to be surprised or amazed he blinked at the splendour of the ceremony
[20] (when intr , foll by at ) to pretend not to know or see (a fault, injustice, etc)
[21] the act or an instance of blinking
[22] a glance; glimpse
[23] short for iceblink (def. 1)
[24] on the blink slang not working properly

Words related to Blinking

flicker, sparkle, flash, flutter, squint, forget, bat, nictitate, shimmer, glimmer, scintillate, nictate, glitter, overpass, connive, bypass, discount, omit, slight, fail

Words nearby Blinking

blink, blink comparator, blinker, blinkered, blinkers, blinking, blinks, blinky, blintz, blintze, bliny

Origin of Blinking

1250–1300; Middle English blinken (v.), variant of blenken to blench1; cognate with Dutch, German blinken

Other words from Blinking

blink·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Blinking

C14: variant of blench 1 ; related to Middle Dutch blinken to glitter, Danish blinke to wink, Swedish blinka

Synonyms for Blinking

flash, flicker, flutter, sparkle, squint, bat, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, scintillate, shimmer