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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

blink / blingk/ • v. [intr.] 1. shut and open the eyes quickly: she blinked, momentarily blinded [tr.] he blinked his eyes nervously. ∎ [tr.] clear (dust or tears) from the eyes by this action: she blinked away her tears. ∎ [tr.] (blink back) try to control or prevent (tears) by such an action: Elizabeth blinked back tears. ∎ (blink at) fig. react to (something) with surprise or disapproval: he doesn't blink at the unsavory aspects of his subject. ∎ fig. back down from a confrontation: it seemed that the Iraqis had blinked and that the likelihood of an immediate invasion had decreased. 2. (of a light or light source) shine intermittently or unsteadily: the icon for his e-mail was blinking. • n. [in sing.] 1. an act of shutting and opening the eyes quickly: he was observing her every blink. ∎ fig. a moment's hesitation: Thompson would have given her all this without a blink. 2. a momentary gleam of light. PHRASES: not blink an eye show no reaction. in the blink of an eye (or in a blink) inf. very quickly. on the blink inf. (of a machine) not working properly; out of order: the computer's on the blink.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

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A. † deceive; start aside XIV;

B. twinkle with the eyes or eyelids; †glance XVI; cast a momentary gleam XVIII. prob. of mixed origin; partly later form of synon. †blenk XIV, var, of BLENCH; partly — (M)Du. blinken shine, glitter, which may be based on a nasalized var. of *blik- shine (see BLEAK2).

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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

blink An attribute that causes a character to be intermittently displayed on a screen at a regular rate, usually in the range 1–10 Hz. Compare flicker.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

blink •ankh, bank, blank, clank, crank, dank, drank, embank, flank, franc, frank, hank, lank, outflank, outrank, Planck, plank, point-blank, prank, rank, sank, shank, shrank, spank, stank, swank, tank, thank, wank, yank •sandbank • piggy bank • mountebank •fog bank • mudbank • Bundesbank •databank • riverbank • Burbank •greenshank • sheepshank •scrimshank • Cruikshank •think tank • Franck • Eysenck •bethink, blink, brink, chink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, fink, Frink, gink, ink, interlink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, sync, think, wink, zinc •rinky-dink • Humperdinck • iceblink •cufflink • bobolink • Maeterlinck •lip-sync • countersink • doublethink •kiddiewink •tiddlywink (US tiddledywink) •hoodwink

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