blinkverb
uk/blɪŋk/us/blɪŋk/B2 [ I or T ] When you blink, you close and then open your eyes quickly once or several times, and when an eye blinks, it does this:
You've got something in your eye - try blinking a few times.
[ I ] literary If a light blinks, it flashes on and off.
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- The brightness of the snow made him blink.
- How do you manage not to blink when you're putting makeup on your eyes?
- We stared at each other to see who would blink first.
- At the sight of the gun, the cashier blinked and swallowed hard, but said nothing.
- We came out of the cinema and stood blinking in the sunlight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelid
- fovea
- glassy
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- lid
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
- wink
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Gestures & gesturing
Giving out light
Idiom(s)
not blink
blinknoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/blɪŋk/us/blɪŋk/the act of blinking
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- blow
- bob
- body language
- finger
- gesture
- give sb the finger idiom
- inclination
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- wave sb off
- wave sb/sth down
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Idiom(s)
in the blink of an eye
on the blink