blink Definition

blink
verb blinked, blinking

intr
1. To shut and open the eyes again quickly, especially involuntarily.
2. To shut and open (an eyelid or an eye) very quickly.
3. To remove (tears, dust, a speck or smut, etc) from (the eye or eyes) by blinking.

Example: Hastily she blinked away her tears
Form: blink something away from something (usually)
Form: blink something from something
Form: blink something out of something
intr
4. Said of a light: to flash on and off; to shine unsteadily.

Thesaurus: flicker, wink, flutter, twinkle, glimmer, sparkle, glitter, shimmer.

noun

1. An act of blinking.
2. A gleam or quick glimmer of light, such as a brief moment of sunshine.

Idiom: in the blink of an eye

Quickly; suddenly.

Idiom: on the blink

colloq
Broken or not working properly.

Etymology: 14c: a variant of blench.

Phrasal Verb: blink at something

To refuse to recognize or accept (something unwelcome).To show surprise or shock at the sight of it.