BLINK
\blˈɪŋk], \blˈɪŋk], \b_l_ˈɪ_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of BLINK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
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a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
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force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
By Princeton University
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gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
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a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
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briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
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force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
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To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
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To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
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To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
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To trick; to deceive.
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A glimpse or glance.
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Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
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The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
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Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
By Oddity Software
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To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
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To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
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To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
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To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
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To trick; to deceive.
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A glimpse or glance.
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Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
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The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
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Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
By Noah Webster.
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To see indistinctly, as with half-closed eyes; to wink with, or as with, the eye; to get a glimpse; to glimmer.
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To evade or shut one's eyes to; to shirk; to ignore; as, he blinks a question.
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A glimpse; a gleam; a glimmer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To glance, twinkle, or wink: to see obscurely, or with the eyes half closed.
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To shut out of sight: to avoid or evade.
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A glimpse, glance, or wink.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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