blink
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
literature
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
sports
transport
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”).
Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
Inflected forms:
form: blinks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blinking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blinked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blinked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blinks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
gloss: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: She blinked her tears away.
gloss: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.
gloss: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
gloss: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
The sun blinked fair on pool and stream.
gloss: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
pos: verb
tags: Geordie
intransitive
obsolete
examples: Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north,
The home of my childhood, the place of my birth;
O the transports of gladness that over me reign,
To blink upon canny Newcastle again!
gloss: To flash on and off at regular intervals.
pos: verb
examples: The blinking text on the screen was distracting.
gloss: To flash on and off at regular intervals.
pos: verb
examples: An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.
gloss: To flash on and off at regular intervals.
pos: verb
examples: Don't come to the door until I blink twice.
gloss: To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
pos: verb
tags: excessive
examples: All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.
gloss: To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse.
pos: verb
examples: The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking.
gloss: To shut the eyes to (something); to evade, ignore.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I have no wish to blink or extenuate the serious nature of the difficulty arising from this discrepancy of dates.
It is no use blinking the unpleasant fact.
"Well, it's no good blinking facts. We had better clear out soon. If not tomorrow, then the day after."
gloss: To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
pos: verb
gloss: To teleport, mostly for short distances.
pos: verb
gloss: The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
gloss: A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.
gloss: A glimpse or glance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This is the first blink that ever I had of him.
gloss: gleam; glimmer; sparkle
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
dialectal
uncountable
examples: Not a blink of light was there.
this man vanished away […]as he had been a blink of the sun
gloss: The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: nictitate
Related words: ablink
blinkard
blinker
blink-eyed
blinkie
blinkless
blink of an eye
on the blink
wink
Derived words: before one can blink
blink-and-you-miss-it
blink first
blinkle
without blinking an eye
without blinking an eyelash
without blinking an eyelid
eyeblink
interblink
in the blink of an eye
landblink
moonblink
one-blink town
snowblink
sunblink
water blink
Translations:
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӧс тӱмер
roman: kös tümer
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӧзин јумар
roman: közin ǰumar
lang: Arabic
word: رَمَشَ
roman: ramaša
lang: Arabic
word: رمش
roman: ramaš
lang: Armenian
word: թարթել
roman: tʻartʻel
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qırpmaq
lang: Belarusian
word: марга́ць
roman: marhácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: маргну́ць
roman: marhnúcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: міга́ць
roman: mihácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: мігну́ць
roman: mihnúcʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: мигам
roman: migam
lang: Bulgarian
word: премигвам
roman: premigvam
lang: Burmese
word: မျက်စိမှိတ်
roman: myakci.hmit
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 眨眼
roman: zhǎyǎn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 眨眼睛
roman: zhǎ yǎnjīng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 眨
roman: zhǎ
lang: Czech
word: mrkat
lang: Czech
word: mrknout
lang: Danish
word: blinke
lang: Dutch
word: knipperen
lang: Egyptian
word: V13:D21-G17-D6
roman: ṯrm
lang: Esperanto
word: palpebrumi
lang: Faroese
word: blunka
lang: Faroese
word: blinkstra
lang: Finnish
word: räpäyttää silmiä
lang: Finnish
word: räpyttää silmiä
lang: French
word: ciller
lang: French
word: cligner des yeux
lang: French
word: clignoter
lang: Galician
word: piscar
lang: Galician
word: chiscar
lang: Galician
word: choscar
lang: Georgian
word: დახუჭვა
roman: daxuč̣va
lang: Georgian
word: დახამხამება
roman: daxamxameba
lang: German
word: blinzeln
lang: Greek
word: ανοιγοκλείνω
roman: anoigokleíno
lang: Hebrew
word: מצמץ
roman: mitzmétz
lang: Hindi
word: पलक मारना
roman: palak mārnā
lang: Hungarian
word: pislog
lang: Hungarian
word: pislant
lang: Icelandic
word: blikka
lang: Icelandic
word: depla
lang: Ido
word: palpebragar
lang: Indonesian
word: mengedipkan
lang: Italian
word: sbattere le ciglia
lang: Italian
word: ammiccare
lang: Japanese
word: まばたきする
roman: mabataki suru
lang: Japanese
word: 瞬く
roman: matataku
lang: Japanese
word: 瞬く
roman: mabataku
lang: Kazakh
word: жыпылықтату
roman: jypylyqtatu
lang: Kazakh
word: жыпылықтау
roman: jypylyqtau
lang: Khmer
word: ប៉ប្រិច
roman: pɑɑprəc
lang: Khmer
word: ព្រិច
roman: prɨc
lang: Korean
word: 눈을 깜박이다
roman: nuneul kkambagida
lang: Korean
word: 눈을 깜박거리다
roman: nuneul kkambakgeorida
lang: Central Kurdish
word: تروکاندن
roman: trukandin
lang: Kyrgyz
word: көз кысуу
roman: köz kısuu
lang: Lao
word: ພັບຕາ
roman: phap tā
lang: Latin
word: palpebrō
lang: Latin
word: conniveo
lang: Latin
word: nictor
lang: Latin
word: nicto
lang: Macedonian
word: трепкам
roman: trepkam
lang: Norman
word: clyinn'ter
lang: Norman
word: blyîntchi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: blunke
lang: Old English
word: wincian
lang: Persian
word: چشمک زدن
roman: češmak zadan
lang: Persian
word: پلک زدن
roman: pelk zadan
lang: Polish
word: mrugać
lang: Polish
word: mrugnąć
lang: Portuguese
word: piscar
lang: Quechua
word: ch'illmipakuy
lang: Romanian
word: clipi
lang: Russian
word: морга́ть
roman: morgátʹ
lang: Russian
word: моргну́ть
roman: morgnútʹ
lang: Russian
word: мига́ть
roman: migátʹ
lang: Russian
word: мигну́ть
roman: mignútʹ
lang: Savosavo
word: abuzaghi
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: caog
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: priob
lang: Slovak
word: mrkať
lang: Slovak
word: mrknúť
lang: Spanish
word: parpadear
lang: Spanish
word: pestañear
lang: Swedish
word: blinka
lang: Thai
word: กะพริบ
roman: gà-príp
lang: Turkish
word: göz kırpmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: морга́ти
roman: morháty
lang: Ukrainian
word: моргну́ти
roman: morhnúty
lang: Ukrainian
word: мига́ти
roman: myháty
lang: Ukrainian
word: мигну́ти
roman: myhnúty
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhấp nháy
lang: Czech
word: blikat
lang: Finnish
word: välkkyä
lang: French
word: clignoter
lang: Galician
word: lampexar
lang: German
word: blinken
lang: Hungarian
word: villog
lang: Hungarian
word: pislog
lang: Italian
word: lampeggiare
lang: Italian
word: intermittenza
lang: Norwegian
word: blinke
lang: Polish
word: migać
lang: Polish
word: mrugać
lang: Portuguese
word: piscar
lang: Russian
word: мигать
roman: migatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: destellar
lang: Spanish
word: parpadear
lang: Spanish
word: titilar
lang: Thai
word: กะพริบ
roman: gà-príp
lang: Czech
word: mrknutí
lang: French
word: coup d’œil
lang: German
word: flüchtiger Blick
lang: Italian
word: battito di ciglia
lang: Italian
word: occhiata
lang: Italian
word: in un batter d'occhio
lang: Japanese
word: チラ見
roman: chirami
lang: Portuguese
word: olhadela
lang: Russian
word: миг
roman: mig