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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly;
[syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation]


VERB (3)

1. briefly shut the eyes;
- Example: "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
[syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate]

2. force to go away by blinking;
- Example: "blink away tears"
[syn: wink, blink, blink away]

3. gleam or glow intermittently;
- Example: "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blink \Blink\ (bl[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked (bl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking.] [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. bl[imac]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.] [1913 Webster] 1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. [1913 Webster] One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. --Pope [1913 Webster] 2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. [1913 Webster] Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. [1913 Webster] The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blink \Blink\, v. t. 1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question. [1913 Webster] 2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blink \Blink\, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ] 1. A glimpse or glance. [1913 Webster] This is the first blink that ever I had of him. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Not a blink of light was there. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink. [1913 Webster] 4. pl. [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blink n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation] v 1: briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate] 2: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn: wink, blink, blink away] 3: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]