What is "blink"

Blink \Blink\, v. t.

1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.]
   --Jamieson.

Blink \Blink\, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ]

1. A glimpse or glance.

   This is the first blink that ever I had of him.
   --Bp. Hall.

2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
   --Sir W. Scott.

   Not a blink of light was there.
   --Wordsworth.

3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

4. pl. [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

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[=i]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.]

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

   One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.
   --Pope

2. 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.
   --Shak.

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

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

   The sun blinked fair on pool and stream .
   --Sir W. Scott.

4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).\n

\nMiddle English had blynke (c.1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c.1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.

1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c.1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.

n. 1 The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again. 2 (context figuratively English) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes. 3 (context computing English) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis. 4 A glimpse or glance. 5 (context UK dialect English) gleam; glimmer; sparkle 6 (context nautical English) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink 7 (context sports in the plural English) bough cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them. 8 (label en video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances vb. 1 To close and reopen both eyes quickly. 2 To flash headlights on a car at. 3 To send a signal with a lighting device. 4 To flash on and off at regular intervals. 5 (context hyperbole English) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response. 6 To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk. 7 (context Scotland English) To trick; to deceive. 8 To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. 9 To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. 10 To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. 11 To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc. 12 (label en video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances

n. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation]

1. v. briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: wink, nictitate, nictate]

2. force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn: wink, blink away]

3. gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, wink, twinkle, winkle]

Blink (Clarice Ferguson) is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually those featuring the X-Men. A mutant with the power of teleportation, Blink was created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Joe Madureira, and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #317 (October 1994).

Blink was one of the largest online community in Norway with over 350,000 active members (7.74% of the Norwegian population). It was created by Fredrik Kristiansen and Morten Mitch Larød, and released on February 1, 2002. Over the following two years, the community became twice as popular as any other Norwegian community. The community was finally closed down at the end of 2011, due to a mass flight of users to competitors like Facebook. After this flight, the 4,000 active members were not enough for the community to remain viable and it was therefore closed down.

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005) is Malcolm Gladwell's second book. It presents in popular science format research from psychology and behavioral economics on the adaptive unconscious: mental processes that work rapidly and automatically from relatively little information. It considers both the strengths of the adaptive unconscious, for example in expert judgment, and its pitfalls, such as stereotypes.

A blink refers to blinking, a rapid closing and opening of the eyelid.

Blink may also refer to:

Blink is the fifth album by Christian singer Plumb. It was released in 2007 via Curb Records. The album includes the single "In My Arms."

Blink are a pop rock band from Ireland. They are noted for their mixture of humour and melancholy. They have released three albums to date: A Map of the Universe by Blink (1994), The End Is High (1998) and Deep Inside the Sound of Sadness (2004). "A Map of the Universe by Blink" was an Irish top ten album. "The End is High" was a Billboard album of the week and "Deep inside the Sound of Sadness" was nominated as Best Irish Album of the Year in the 2005 Meteor Music Awards.

The band are also notable as being the first band to be pictured on a telephone card.

The San Diego, California based pop punk band now known as Blink-182 was originally also called Blink, but a legal dispute with the Irish Blink resulted in their name change to Blink-182.

Blink is a 1994 neo-noir thriller film starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. Director Michael Apted was nominated for a Crystal Globe award for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and screenwriter Dana Stevens was nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Emmy Award-winning actress Laurie Metcalf also had a role in the film. Chicago rock band The Drovers played a support role as themselves, contributing three songs to the soundtrack. Stowe's character, Emma, is a fiddler in the group. Some scenes were filmed in Chicago, Illinois.

"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The episode was directed by Hettie MacDonald and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat. The episode is based on a previous short story written by Moffat for the 2006 Doctor Who Annual, entitled "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow".

In the episode, the Doctor—a time travelling alien played by David Tennant—and his companion Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman) are trapped in the past and try to communicate with a young woman, Sally Sparrow ( Carey Mulligan), to prevent the Weeping Angels from taking control of the TARDIS. Sparrow and her best friend's brother, Larry Nightingale ( Finlay Robertson), must unravel a set of cryptic clues sent through time by the marooned Doctor.

The Doctor and his companion have very little screen time, which allowed for another episode to be filmed simultaneously; "Blink" is consequently referred to as a "Doctor-lite" episode. The scenes at Wester Drumlins were shot in a derelict house in Newport. To create the angels, two actresses wore makeup and prosthetics. The episode was seen by 6.62 million viewers in the United Kingdom.

"Blink" received widespread critical acclaim, and is widely considered to be one of the best episodes of the show. Moffat won the BAFTA Craft and BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Writer, and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, while for her single performance in the series, Mulligan won the Constellation Award for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode. In 2009 the episode was voted the second best Doctor Who story ever by readers of Doctor Who Magazine.

Blink is the third album by Monk, released in 1999.

Blink is a 2003 novel by Christian author Ted Dekker. It was re-released in November 2007 under the title Blink of an Eye, featuring new content and a more expedient storyline. It follows two main characters from a 3rd person perspective. Blink is set in the modern-day United States and in the Middle East, and features a Christian fiction perspective.

Blink is a British commercial aviation operation which provides private Jet travel using Cessna Citation Mustang Very Light Jets. The company began operations in London in May 2008.

Blink is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) client distributed under the Blink license ( GNU GPLv3 with the exception of possibility to include Proprietary software modules for commercial purpose)

The software is written in Python for Cocoa, and lately it was ported to Qt for supporting Microsoft Windows and GNU/ Linux platforms.

Blink is a song produced by Mark Lister and released as a single by Pop Idol contestant Rosie Ribbons in 2002. The single peaked at number 12 in the United Kingdom.

Blink, released on June 22, 2010, is the current album from Christian Rock band Revive. Blink is their fourth studio album and second release on Essential Records.

"Blink" is a song by English dance-pop duo U.V.U.K. It was released as the group's second single on March 27, 2012 through Robbins Entertainment. The song was written by Eric Sanicola, Damon Sharpe, and Shanna Crooks, and it was produced by Sanicola and Sharpe. The lyrics of the song are about enjoying and making the best of life and not wanting to miss any of it.

Blink is a British production company and creative studio producing commercials, music videos, animations, art and fashion films. It is composed of Blink Productions, BlinkInk, BlinkArt, Colonel Blimp and White Lodge. The company's head offices are based in Soho, London. Blink is headed by managing director, James Studholme, and represents a total of 48 directors and artists across its five divisions.

Blink was named Production Company of the Year by Campaign Magazine in 2012 for the second consecutive year, having previously held the title in 2011 and 1997. Blink was also chosen in 2011 for the same accolade by Televisual Magazine. In 2013, Blink was named Production Company of The Year at the British Arrow Awards, as well as a winning a total of 12 gold and silver awards for its commercials. Sometimes, Blink will be confused with the popular band Blink 182 and will always deny claims because of an earlier situation. In 1993 a court case titled Blink vs. Blink 182 caused Blink (production company) to loose millions of dollars. Blink had a logo that was currently Blink 182's own logo and people bought it thinking that it was Blink 182's product, so now, Blink uses their current logo.

Blink is a web browser engine developed as part of the Chromium project by The Chromium Project with contributions from Google, Opera Software ASA, Intel, Samsung and others. It was first announced in April 2013. It is a fork of the WebCore component of WebKit and is used in Chrome starting at version 28, Opera (15+), Amazon Silk and other Chromium-based browsers and frameworks.

Much of WebCore's code is used for features which Chrome implements differently (such as sandboxing and the multi-process model). These parts were removed from the Blink fork, which made it simpler, and gave greater flexibility for adding new features. The fork will also deprecate vendor prefixes; experimental functionality will instead be enabled on an opt-in basis. Aside from these planned changes, Blink currently remains relatively similar to WebCore. By commit count, Google has been the largest contributor to the WebKit code base since late 2009.

Blink's naming was influenced by the non-standard presentational blink HTML tag, which was introduced by Netscape Navigator, and supported by Presto and Gecko-based browsers until August 2013.