English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Blink

Blink (v. i.)

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

Blink (v. i.)

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Blink (v. i.)

To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Blink (v. i.)

To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

Blink (v. t.)

To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

Blink (v. t.)

To trick; to deceive.

Blink (v. i.)

A glimpse or glance.

Blink (v. i.)

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

Blink (v. i.)

The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

Blink (pl.)

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.