blinking

blink  (blngk)

v. blinked, blink·ing, blinks

v.intr.

1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.

2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.

3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.

4.

a. To be startled or dismayed.

b. 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.

5. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.

v.tr.

1. To cause to blink.

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.

n.

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.

Idiom:

on the blink

Out of working order.

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

Synonyms: blink, nictitate, twinkle, wink
These verbs mean to open and close the eyelids or an eyelid rapidly: a dog blinking lazily at the fire; reptiles nictitating; twinkled, then laughed and responded; winked conspiratorially at his friend.

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blinking

Adjective, adv

Informal extreme or extremely: a blinking idiot

Thesaurus

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

blinking [ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] adj (col): this blinking... → este condenado...

blinking [ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] adj (Brit) (inf);

this blinking ... → ce fichu or sacré ...

blinking [ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] (Brit) (inf) adj this blinking ... → diese(r, s) verflixte ...

blinking [ˈblɪŋkɪŋ] adj (BRIT ) (col): this blinking ... → questo/a maledetto/a ...