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Dictionary Entries (14 more entries. View all »)
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
blink    Audio Help   [blingk] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used without object)
1.to open and close the eye, esp. involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
2.to look with winking or half-shut eyes: I blinked at the harsh morning light.
3.to be startled, surprised, or dismayed (usually fol. by at): She blinked at his sudden fury.
4.to look evasively or with indifference; ignore (often fol. by at): to blink at another's eccentricities.
5.to shine unsteadily, dimly, or intermittently; twinkle: The light on the buoy blinked in the distance.
–verb (used with object)
6.to open and close (the eye or eyes), usually rapidly and repeatedly; wink: She blinked her eyes in an effort to wake up.
7.to cause (something) to blink: We blinked the flashlight frantically, but there was no response.
8.to ignore deliberately; evade; shirk.
–noun
9.an act of blinking: The faithful blink of the lighthouse.
10.a gleam; glimmer: There was not a blink of light anywhere.
11.Chiefly Scot. a glance or glimpse.
12.Meteorology.
a.iceblink.
b.snowblink.
—Idiom
13.on the blink, not in proper working order; in need of repair: The washing machine is on the blink again.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME blinken (v.), var. of blenken to blench1; c. D, G blinken]

—Synonyms 1. See wink1. 8. overlook, disregard, avoid, condone. 9. wink, flicker, twinkle, flutter.
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Thesaurus Entries (4 more entries. View all »)
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  blink
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A brief closing of the eyes.
Synonyms:  nictation, nictitation, wink
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  blink
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A sudden quick light.
Synonyms:  coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, spark, twinkle, wink
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  blink
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  flicker, nictitation, twinkle, wink, fulguration, winking
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

Encyclopedia Articles (96 more entries. View all »)
Columbia Electronic EncyclopediaCite This Source


blink microscope, in astronomy, device for determining a change in position or magnitude (brightness) of a star relative to other stars in the background. Two photographs of the same field or area of the sky are projected so that they precisely coincide. The combined image is viewed through a magnifying eyepiece while light from first one photograph and then the other is interrupted mechanically. A change in position or magnitude of a star can usually be detected since the star will seem to flicker or jump to and fro while the background stars remain steady in both position and brightness. 
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