noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
2. 2
   A moment (a very short period of time). idiomatic

Synonyms

All synonyms

bat of an eyebitblink of an eyeblink of eyecrackflash

Etymology

From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.

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