blinking

blink

B0325400 (blĭngk)v. blinked, blink·ing, blinks v.intr.1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.2. To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking: stood blinking at the money they found in the drawer; blinked at the results of the experiment.3. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint: blinked at the page trying to make out the letters.4. To give off light with intermittent gleams; flash on and off: "blazing neon signs, brilliant shop windows, decorations blinking across the fronts of half-finished tower blocks" (Jess Row).5. To pretend to be ignorant of; disregard or condone: a mayor who refused to blink at corruption.6. 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).v.tr.1. To cause to blink: blinked his eyes to clear his vision.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.Idioms: in the blink of an eye Very quickly. on the blink Out of working order. without blinking an eye Without showing any reaction.

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

blinking

(ˈblɪŋkɪŋ) adj, advinformal (intensifier): a blinking fool; a blinking good film.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blinking - a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidlyblink, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking, winkinborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimuluspalpebration - repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)
Adj.	1.	blinking - closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight"winkingshut, closed - used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
	2.	blinking - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking, bally, bloodyunmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

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