blink

v., blinked, blink·ing, blinks.

v.intr.

1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
4. 1. To be startled or dismayed.
   2. To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: "This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked" (Zbigniew Brzezinski).
5. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.

v.tr.

1. To cause to blink.
2. To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking: blinked back the tears.
3. To refuse to recognize or face: blink ugly facts.
4. To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.

n.

1. The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
2. An instant: I'll be back in a blink.
3. Scots. A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
4. A flash of light; a twinkle.
5. See iceblink (sense 1).

idiom:

on the blink

1. Out of working order.

[Probably Middle English blinken, to move suddenly, variant of blenchen. See blench¹.]

SYNONYMS   blink, nictitate, twinkle, wink. These verbs mean to open and close the eyelids or an eyelid rapidly: a dog blinking lazily at the fire; reptiles nictitating; twinkled, then laughed and responded; winked conspiratorially at his friend.

verb

1. To open and close the eyes rapidly: bat, nictate, nictitate, twinkle, wink. See repetition, see/not see.
2. To shine with intermittent gleams: flash, flicker, glimmer, twinkle, wink. See continue/stop/pause, light/darkness.
3. To pretend not to see. connive at, disregard, ignore, pass over, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, closeshutone's eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See see/not see.

noun

1. A brief closing of the eyes: nictation, nictitation, wink. See see/not see.
2. A sudden quick light: coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark, twinkle, wink. See light/darkness.

v

Definition: ignore
Antonyms: attend, be aware, pay attention

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time Equated by some to 10^-5 day = 0.864 s.

The involuntary movement of one or both eyelids of both eyes simultaneously. The frequency varies between species. Cats blink the least, with the possible exception of owls. In birds it is the lower eyelid which is moved up to meet the upper lid. In mammals the upper eyelid is moved down to meet the lower lid. The blink is a part of several reflexes including the palpebral, conjunctival and menace reflexes.

• b. reflex — see blink response.
• b. response — absent in lesions of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. Called also blink reflex.

IN BRIEF: Opening and closing one's eyes quickly. To sparkle or twinkle.

The bright light coming through the window in the morning made her blink.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - blinke
v. tr. - blinke med
n. - blink, glimt, missen

Nederlands (Dutch)
knipperen, een lichtsignaal geven, gluren, knipogen, glans, schijnsel, knipoog, oogopslag, flikkering

Français (French)
v. intr. - cligner des yeux, faire des appels de phare, plisser les yeux, vaciller (la lumière)
v. tr. - cligner des yeux
n. - battement de paupières, clignotement des yeux, (petit) rayon (de soleil), lueur (d'espoir), coup d'¯il

idioms:

• on the blink    être détraqué (un appareil) (fam)

Deutsch (German)
v. - blinken, blinzeln, ignorieren
n. - Blinken, Blinzeln

idioms:

• on the blink    kaputt sein (ugs)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανοιγοκλείνω τα μάτια, αναβοσβήνω, τρεμοσβήνω, παίζω τα φώτα (αυτοκινήτου)
n. - βλεφαρισμός, ανοιγοκλείσιμο των ματιών, τρεμοσβήσιμο, αναλαμπή

Italiano (Italian)
battere ciglio, lampeggiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - piscar os olhos, olhar rapidamente, reluzir
n. - piscadela (f), cintilação (f)

Русский (Russian)
подать световой сигнал, мигнуть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer señales luminosas
v. tr. - parpadear, mirar
n. - ojeada, guiño, destello, reflejo

idioms:

• on the blink    máquina que no funciona correctamente

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - blinka, vara förvånad, glimta
n. - glimt, blink

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
眨眼睛, 闪亮, 闪烁, 眯着眼看, 视若无睹, 眨眼, 使闪亮, 一瞥, 闪光, 一瞬间

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 眨眼睛, 閃亮, 閃爍, 眯著眼看, 視若無睹
v. tr. - 眨眼, 使閃亮
n. - 眨眼睛, 一瞥, 閃光, 一瞬間

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 깜짝이다, 흘끗 보다, 놀라서 보다
v. tr. - ~을 깜짝이다, ~을 눈감아 주다
n. - 깜짝임, 힐끗 봄, 섬광

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - まばたきをする, ぱちくりさせる, 明滅する, 見て見ぬふりをする, 驚く, 瞬きする
n. - まばたき, またたき

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) رف, رمش, طرفت عيناه, ومض (الاسم) رمشه عين, ومضه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮מיצמץ, קרץ, היבהב‬
v. tr. - ‮קרץ‬
n. - ‮הבהוב, מצמוץ‬

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