'Blink' definitions:
Definition of 'blink'
(from WordNet)
noun
A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation]
verb
Briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate]
verb
Force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn: wink, blink, blink away]
verb
Definition of 'Blink'
From: GCIDE
- Blink \Blink\, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ]
- 1. A glimpse or glance. [1913 Webster]
- This is the first blink that ever I had of him. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Not a blink of light was there. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blink'
From: GCIDE
- Blink \Blink\ (bl[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked (bl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking.] [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. bl[imac]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. [1913 Webster]
- One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. --Pope [1913 Webster]
- 2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. [1913 Webster]
- Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. [1913 Webster]
- The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blink'
From: GCIDE
- Blink \Blink\, v. t.
- 1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'blink'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- albedo,
- avoid,
- bat,
- bat the eyes,
- blench,
- blink at,
- blinking,
- broken,
- carefully ignore,
- cast,
- cold-shoulder,
- coruscate,
- coruscation,
- cringe,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- disregard,
- dodge,
- draw back,
- duck,
- evade,
- fade,
- fall back,
- firefly,
- flash,
- flicker,
- flinch,
- fudge,
- funk,
- glance,
- gleam,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glimpse,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glister,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glowworm,
- half an eye,
- hang back,
- ice sky,
- iceblink,
- ignore,
- in disrepair,
- incident light,
- jib,
- move,
- nictitate,
- on the blink,
- on the fritz,
- out of order,
- out of whack,
- overlook,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- peek,
- peep,
- pull back,
- quail,
- quick sight,
- rapid glance,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- reflectance,
- reflection,
- retreat,
- scamp,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- sheer off,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slant,
- slight,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- snowblink,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- squiz,
- start,
- start aside,
- start back,
- stroboscopic light,
- swerve,
- tinsel,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- turn aside,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- water sky,
- waterblink,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince,
- wink,
- wink at