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blink1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," which is of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found [..]
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blink1590s, "a glance;" see blink (v.). As is the case with the verb, there is a similar word in Middle English, in use from c. 1300, that might represent a native form of the same root.
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blinkA brightening of the base of a cloud layer caused by the reflection of light by snow or ice. See snow blink, ice blink.
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blinka reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" wink: force to go away by blinking; "blink away te [..]
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blinkto open and shut your eyes very quickly
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blinkBlink is an open-source browser layout engine developed by Google as part of Chromium (and therefore part of Chrome as well). Specifically, Blink is a fork of the WebCore library in WebKit, which hand [..]
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blinkTo flash. A blinker is a light that flashes to convey a message or warning, such as a signal to people in a studio. The off-and-on speed is the blink rate
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blinkRapid cognition, AKA gut feel. Making snap judgments, often valid, on the basis of a few data points. Popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in a book of the same name.
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blink(n) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly(v) briefly shut the eyes(v) force to go away by blinking(v) gleam or glow intermittently
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blinkTemporary visual deficit or impaired visual processing occurring in a rapid serial visual presentation task. After a Person identifies the first of two visual targets, the ability to detect the second [..]
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blinkWhen the dog goes by an item that it has clearly seen and is supposed to have retrieved. The dawg runs out to the area of the fall looks directly at the bumper/bird, then continues to hunt around anyw [..]
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blink
(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
''The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.''
# (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on [..]
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