Antonyms for blink


Grammar : Verb
Spell : blingk
Phonetic Transcription : blɪŋk


Definition of blink

Origin :
  • 1580s, perhaps from Middle Dutch blinken "to glitter," of uncertain origin, possibly, with German blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle," from a nasalized form of base found in Old English blican "to shine, glitter" (see bleach (v.)).
  • Middle English had blynke (c.1300) in the sense "a brief gleam or spark," perhaps a variant of blench "to move suddenly or sharply; to raise one's eyelids" (c.1200), perhaps from the rare Old English blencan "deceive." Related: Blinked; blinking. The last, as a euphemism for a stronger word, is attested by 1914.
  • verb wink of eye; twinkle
  • verb ignore
Example sentences :
  • No sunlight ever made her blink, or screw her face into wrinkles.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Already a mood of much daylight was making him blink and shrink.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • That tint is what we call the blink of open water, said Johnson.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • It was a hesitating face, which seemed to blink doubtfully in the daylight.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • It had lain so long in some darkened cellar that it seemed to blink in the candlelight.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • For Blink was plastering him with the water-marks of joy and anxiety.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Sallying forth just as he was he had made his way downstairs, followed by Blink.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Blink, unable to persuade the hat, mounted it with her fore-paws and trod it under.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • And he led the way back along the road, followed by Blink and the three Germans.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Without a moment's hesitation he opened the door, and, preceded by Blink, leaped in.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for blink

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