Antonyms for blink
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : blingk |
| Phonetic Transcription : blɪŋk |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for blink
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