ALL meanings of blinks
blink
B b - noun blinks a small temperate portulacaceous plant, Montia fontana with small white flowers 3
- verb without object blinks to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly. 1
- verb without object blinks to look with winking or half-shut eyes: I blinked at the harsh morning light. 1
- verb without object blinks to be startled, surprised, or dismayed (usually followed by at): She blinked at his sudden fury. 1
- verb without object blinks to look evasively or with indifference; ignore (often followed by at): to blink at another's eccentricities. 1
- verb without object blinks to shine unsteadily, dimly, or intermittently; twinkle: The light on the buoy blinked in the distance. 1
- verb with object blinks to open and close (the eye or eyes), usually rapidly and repeatedly; wink: She blinked her eyes in an effort to wake up. 1
- verb with object blinks to cause (something) to blink: We blinked the flashlight frantically, but there was no response. 1
- verb with object blinks to ignore deliberately; evade; shirk. 1
- noun blinks an act of blinking: The faithful blink of the lighthouse. 1
- noun blinks a gleam; glimmer: There was not a blink of light anywhere. 1
- noun blinks Chiefly Scot. a glance or glimpse. 1
- noun blinks Meteorology. iceblink. snowblink. 1
- idioms blinks on the blink, not in proper working order; in need of repair: The washing machine is on the blink again. 1
- noun blinks plural of blink. 0