Crossword clues for blinking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. bl[=i]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.]
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To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.
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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.
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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. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
Wiktionary
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)
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 bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)]
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 is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva.
Blinking may have other functions since it occurs more often than necessary just to keep the eye lubricated. Researchers think blinking may help us disengage our attention; following blink onset, cortical activity decreases in the dorsal network and increases in the default-mode network, associated with internal processing. Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease. The blinking rate is determined by the "blinking center", but it can also be affected by external stimulus.
Some animals, such as tortoises and hamsters, blink their eyes independently of each other. Humans use winking, the blinking of only one eye, as a form of body language.
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.