blink

(blĭngk)

v. blinked, blink·ing, blinks

v.intr.

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).

v.tr.

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.

5. See iceblink.

Idioms:

in the blink of an eye

Very quickly.

on the blink

Out of working order.

without blinking an eye

Without showing any reaction.

[Probably Middle English blinken, to move suddenly, variant of blenchen; see blench¹.]

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blinking

(ˈblɪŋkɪŋ)

adj, adv

informal (intensifier): a blinking fool; a blinking good film.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	blinking - a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly blink, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking, wink inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus palpebration - repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)
Adj.	1.	blinking - closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" winking shut, closed - used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
	2.	blinking - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking, bally, bloody unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

Translations

visione alternata

blinking

[ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] ADJ (Brit) → maldito
you blinking idiot! → ¡imbécil!

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blinking

[ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] adj (British) this blinking ... → ce fichu ..., ce sacré ...

blinking

adj (Brit inf) → verflixt (inf), → blöd (inf); what a blinking cheek! → so eine bodenlose Frechheit! (inf); it’s about blinking time too! → das wird aber auch Zeit! (inf)

adv → verflixt (inf)

(of eyes) → Blinzeln nt, → Zwinkern nt

(of light) → Blinken nt

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blinking

[ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] adj (Brit) (fam) → dannato/a, maledetto/a
this blinking ... → questo maledetto...