Blink

English Meaning

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

1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
4. To be startled or dismayed.
5. To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: "This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked” ( Zbigniew Brzezinski).
6. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
7. To cause to blink.
8. To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking: blinked back the tears.
9. To refuse to recognize or face: blink ugly facts.
10. To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.
11. The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
12. An instant: I'll be back in a blink.
13. Scots A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
14. A flash of light; a twinkle.
15. See iceblink.
16. on the blink Out of working order.