blinking
adjective, adverb /ˈblɪŋkɪŋ/
/ˈblɪŋkɪŋ/
(British English, old-fashioned, informal)- a mild swear word that some people use when they are annoyed, to avoid saying ‘bloody’
- Shut the blinking door!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlinking is used with these nouns:- light
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from blink + -ing; used as a euphemism for bloody1.