From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blink \Blink\ (bl[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blinked}
(bl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blinking}.] [OE. blenken;
akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance,
wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken
to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS.
bl[imac]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98. See {Bleak}; cf.
1st {Blench}.]
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1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
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One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. --Pope
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2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with
frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
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Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
--Shak.
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3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to
flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
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The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
--Wordsworth.
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The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blinking
adj 1: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood
blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: {blinking},
{winking}]
2: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance";
"a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn:
{bally(a)}, {blinking(a)}, {bloody(a)}, {blooming(a)},
{crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)}, {fucking(a)}]
n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn:
{blink}, {eye blink}, {blinking}, {wink}, {winking},
{nictitation}, {nictation}]
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