blink

Meanings

Verb

• To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
• To flash on and off at regular intervals.
• To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
• To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
• To trick; to deceive.
• To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
• To teleport, mostly for short distances.

Noun

• The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
• The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
• A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
• A glimpse or glance.
• gleam; glimmer; sparkle
• The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
• Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
• An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances

Related

Similar words

• nictitate

Origin

• From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan; > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną. Cognate with Dutch blinken, German blinken, Danish blinke, Swedish blinka. Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.