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blinking
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. off-and-on; "the blinking signal light" closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: winking ] (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing ...
Wiktionary
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1 That or who blinks or blink. 2 (context UK euphemism slang English) bloody n. The act of something that blinks. v (present participle of blink English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Blinking is a semi-autonomic rapid closing of the eyelid . A single blink is determined by the forceful closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrea superioris and the activation of the orbicularis oculi, not the full open and close. It ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ She'd be turning out like the blinking teaching nuns if she didn't watch it.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ...
Usage examples of blinking.
Sr Alec sat up blinking as Seregil threw open the shutters early the next morning.
Blinking slowly, his worn gentle face turned stony, the Wan searched the dazed faces of the Amar until he saw the one he wanted.
Surrounding Atene, they led her from the Sanctuary, accompanied by her uncle the Shaman, who, as it seemed to me, either through fatigue or fear, could scarcely stand upon his feet, but stood blinking his dim eyes as though the light dazed him.
She stared at Bender, her eyes blinking with the sudden sting of unshed tears.
Tom Pulse exchanged glances while Bulla waved his hands in front of his blinking bloodshot eyes.
Alick, blinking his bungy eyes, and smiling good-naturedly at the parson and at the grazier and his wife.
Below them, the town of Corban was shrouded in shadow from the surrounding hills and mountains, and lights were blinking on in downtown buildings.
In the sheltered map room, Dex sprinted toward a massive, blinking communications array.
Lieutenant Koudelka sat in the aperture, blinking dizzily, blood dripping down his chin, then was levered to his feet by a guard.
Madame Semele bent down and pulled a wooden cage from the cluttered space beneath her bed, and she took the blinking dormouse from her pocket and placed it into the cage.
I chested my way through and stood panting and blinking in a glass-walled theatre of spacious light, the air so dustless and oceanic that it showed you only the dirt in your human eyes.
He was blinking mildly when the door opened and Foy entered, followed by the man who called himself Hugo Barnes.
But as the haunting scent of the freesias caught at the back of her throat, she found herself blinking back a sharp prickling sensation behind her eyes.
On this particular night, while Wing Goy sat blinking just inside the door, a strange visitor came to the silent street outside the shop.
Another light was blinking to port, the guerilla pickup who would smuggle them out through the mountains, if they could reach shore and then avoid the Land patrols.