Synonyms for blink

Grammar : Verb

Spell : blingk

Phonetic Transcription : blɪŋk

Top 10 synonyms for blink

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Définition of blink

Origin : 1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," 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.)).
Middle 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.

verb wink of eye; twinkle
verb ignore

Example sentences :

No sunlight ever made her blink, or screw her face into wrinkles.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Already a mood of much daylight was making him blink and shrink.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

That tint is what we call the blink of open water, said Johnson.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

It was a hesitating face, which seemed to blink doubtfully in the daylight.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

It had lain so long in some darkened cellar that it seemed to blink in the candlelight.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

For Blink was plastering him with the water-marks of joy and anxiety.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

Sallying forth just as he was he had made his way downstairs, followed by Blink.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

Blink, unable to persuade the hat, mounted it with her fore-paws and trod it under.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

And he led the way back along the road, followed by Blink and the three Germans.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

Without a moment's hesitation he opened the door, and, preceded by Blink, leaped in.
Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

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