1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
2. To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking: stood blinking at the money they found in the drawer; blinked at the results of the experiment.
3. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint: blinked at the page trying to make out the letters.
4. To give off light with intermittent gleams; flash on and off: "blazing neon signs, brilliant shop windows, decorations blinking across the fronts of half-finished tower blocks" (Jess Row).
5. To pretend to be ignorant of; disregard or condone: a mayor who refused to blink at corruption.
6. To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: "This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked" (Zbigniew Brzezinski).
1. To cause to blink: blinked his eyes to clear his vision.
2. To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking: blinked back the tears.
3. To refuse to recognize or face: blink ugly facts.
4. To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.
1. The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
2. An instant: I'll be back in a blink.
3.Scots A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
4. A flash of light; a twinkle.
to move (the eyelids) rapidly up and down. It is impossible to stare for a long time without blinking. knip يَرْمُشُ، يَطْرف العَيْن мигам piscar mrkat blinzeln blinke ανοιγοκλείνω τα βλέφαρα parpadear. pestañear pilgutama پلک زدن räpäyttää silmiä cligner des yeux לְמַצמֵץ आंखें झपकाना žmirkati pislog mengejapkan mata depla, blikka battere le palpebre まばたきする 눈을 깜박이다 mirksėti mirkšķināt kelip mata knipperen blinke. blunke mrugać سترګک وهل piscar a clipi моргать žmurknúť mežikati trepnuti blinka กะพริบตา gözlerini kırpmak. kırpıştırmak 眨眼 моргати آنکھ جھپکنا chớp mắt 眨眼睛
a rapid movement of the eyelids. knip طَرْفَةُ عَيْن، رَمْشَةٌ мигане piscadela mrkání das Blinzeln blinken παίξιμο των ματιών parpadeo. pestañeo pilgutus چشمک silmänräpäys clignotement מִצמוּץ टिमटिमाहट, झपक žmirenje pislogás kejapan mata depl battito di ciglia まばたき 깜박임 mirksėjimas mirkšķināšana berkedip-kedip knipoog blinking. blunk mruganie سترګک piscadela clipit моргание žmurkanie mežikanje treptaj blink[ande] การกะพริบตา göz kırpma, gözlerini kırpıştırma 眨眼 моргання, кліпання آنکھ کا جھپکنا cái chớp mắt 眨眼
v. parpadear, pestañear; movimiento involuntario rápido de los ojos.
I never seen people look so helpless and tangled up, and I hain't ever seen eyes bug out and gaze without a blink the way theirn did.
It is not possible to blink the truth that Emma Jane was dull; but a dogged, unswerving loyalty, and the gift of devoted, unselfish loving, these, after all, are talents of a sort, and may possibly be of as much value in the world as a sense of numbers or a faculty for languages.
Suddenly his eye gave a blink. as if it had met something that either dazzled or shocked its pupil; turning, he said in more rapid accents than he had hitherto used -
If your business necessitated your seeing "the House," you were put into a species of Condemned Hold at the back, where you meditated on a misspent life, until the House came with its bands in its pockets, and you could hardly blink at it in the dismal twilight.
It was idle to blink facts: here was John home again, and Beatson - Old Beatson - did not care a rush.
English whalers have given it the name of "ice blink .
Sometimes the sun, shining through the clouds, made her blink her lids, when she gazed at the sails in the distance, and let her eyes roam over the horizon from the chateau of Tancarville to the lighthouses of Havre.
Or, perhaps, he would lift himself to a sitting posture, blink at the fire for an unintelligent moment, throw a swift glance at his prostrate companion, and then cuddle down again with a grunt of sleepy content.
With the first blink of dawn, the rest sought the horses; brought them to the camp, and tied them up, until an hour after sunrise; when, the sentinel having reported that all was well, they sprang once more into their saddles, and pursued the most covert and secret paths up the mountain, avoiding the direct route.
A shooting-star to northward filled the sky with the green blink of a meteorite dissipating itself in our atmosphere.
I spoke looking her straight in the face and I made that exquisite, aristocratic old woman positively blink by my directness.
Pussy can sit on the arm of the chair and purr, and Montmorency will curl himself up on the rug and blink at the fire, yet keeping one eye on you the while, in case you are seized with any sudden desire in the direction of rats.