Word Definition

Blink

  1. The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
  2. A glimpse or glance.
  3. Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
  4. To trick; to deceive.
  5. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
  6. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
  7. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
  8. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
  9. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
  10. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.