blinked
past simple and past participle ofblink
blink
verb
uk/blɪŋk/us/blɪŋk/B2[IorT]
When you blink, youcloseand thenopenyoureyesquicklyonceor severaltimes, and when aneyeblinks, it does this:
You've got something inyoureye-tryblinking a fewtimes.
to blink
- blinkHe blinked rapidly in the sunlight.
- winkI winked at him and he winked back.
- give someone a winkHe gave me a cheeky wink.
- bat your eyelashesShe batted her eyelashes at me, as if to ask for help.
- flutter your eyelashesIf you flutter you eyelashes, someone will come up and talk to you.
[I]literary
If alightblinks, itflasheson and off.
- Thebrightnessof thesnowmade him blink.
- How do youmanagenot to blink when you're putting makeup onyoureyes?
- Westaredat each other toseewho would blink first.
- At thesightof thegun, thecashierblinked andswallowedhard, but said nothing.
- We came out of thecinemaandstoodblinking in thesunlight.
The eye & surrounding area
- beady
- beetling
- blink
- ciliary
- cone
- conjunctiva
- crow's feet
- epiretinal membrane
- extraocular
- fovea
- hazel
- peeper
- retina
- retinal
- rheumy
- sclera
- simple eye
- squint
- staring
- supraorbital
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Gestures & gesturing
Giving out light
Idiom
not blink
Examplesofblinked
blinked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It seems as though theyblinked.
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That seems to me to be a psychological fact which cannot beblinked.
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It cannot beblinkedat very much longer.
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In all too many cases, they were waiting to see whoblinkedfirst, as the one to blink first would probably pick up the bill.
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It went on for five years, we got to the court, weblinked, and each side was left with about £20,000 in costs.
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If heblinkedat them and took no action at all, that was a very excellent reason for thinking that his reactions were affected.
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This fact cannot beblinked.
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The facts cannot beblinkedaway.
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As they come out, they pretend to be perfectly moonblinked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each image is manually compared (blinked) to archive images.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These lights eitherblinkedin timed intervals or had a steady light.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In diffuse light similar to that in its biotope, we calculated that itblinkedon an average of 20 times a minute.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After the injection, heblinkeda few times, breathed heavily a few times, and swallowed hard, the witnesses said.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She became a superstitious believer in luck and spat andblinkedat whatever she thought was unlucky.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mobley's eyesblinkedrapidly, then slowed.
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- be-of-french-german-chinese-etc-extraction
- be off the mark
- be-off-the-mark
- be off your chump
- be-off-your-chump
- be off your food
- be-off-your-food
- be off your head
- be-off-your-head
- be off your nut
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- be of/have no fixed abode/address
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- be-of-no-concern
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