Thesaurus: blink

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