blinking

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: blinkeye blinkwinkwinkingnictitationnictationbally(a)blinking(a)bloody(a)blooming(a)crashing(a)flaming(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidlySynonyms: blinkeye blinkwinkwinkingnictitationnictation

Adjective (2)

  1. closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly“he stood blinking in the bright sunlight”Synonyms: winking
  2. informal intensifiers“what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”“a bloody fool”“a crashing bore”“you flaming idiot”Synonyms: bally(a)blinking(a)bloody(a)blooming(a)crashing(a)flaming(a)fucking(a)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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