'Blinking' definitions:

Definition of 'Blinking'

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]