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1. Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
   "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight"
   - winking
    
2. [Brit] Informal intensifier
   "what a blinking nuisance"
   - bally [Brit], bloody, blooming [Brit], crashing, flaming, effing [Brit], freaking

1. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
   - blink, eye blink, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation

1. Briefly shut the eyes
   "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
   - wink, nictitate, nictate
    
2. Force to go away by blinking
   "blink away tears"
   - wink, blink away
    
3. Gleam or glow intermittently
   "The lights were blinking"
   - flash, wink, twinkle, winkle

Derived forms: blinkings

See also: blinker, closed, shut, unmitigated

Type of: act involuntarily, act reflexively, conquer, curb, inborn reflex, inhibit, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, radiate, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, stamp down, subdue, suppress, unconditioned reflex

Encyclopedia: Blink