blink
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[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
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to blink (third-person singular simple present blinks, present participle blinking, simple past and past participle blinked)
- To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
- To flash headlights on a car.
- An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.
- To send a signal with a lighting device.
- Don't come to the door until I blink twice.
- To flash on and off at regular intervals.
- The blinking text on the screen was distracting.
- (hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
- 1980, Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”, Glass Houses, Columbia Records
- All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.
- 1980, Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”, Glass Houses, Columbia Records
[edit] Translations
to close and reopen both eyes quickly
to flash headlights
hyperbole: to perform the smallest action
[edit] Noun
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blink (plural blinks)
- The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
- (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
[edit] Translations
a view with eyes partly closed
The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again
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The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
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[edit] Noun
blink m.
