English Dictionary

blink

/blɪŋk/

verb

(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes. / To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

She blinked her eyes in surprise.

意味（1）

(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

She blinked her tears away.

意味（2）

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.

意味（3）

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.

意味（4）

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.

意味（5）

(Tyneside, obsolete) To glance.

Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north,

The home of my childhood, the place of my birth;

O the transports of gladness that over me reign,

Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north, The home of my childhood, the place of my birth; O the transports of gladness that over me reign, To blink upon canny Newcastle again!

意味（6）

To flash headlights on a car at.

An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.

意味（7）

To send a signal with a lighting device.

Don't come to the door until I blink twice.

意味（8）

(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.

意味（9）

(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.

to blink the question

意味（10）

To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.

意味（11）

(science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.