Blink

//blɪŋk//

Synonyms for "blink" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Verb(2 words)
nictitateblink away
Noun(1 words)
blinking

Strong matches (39)

Verb(2 words)
flashnictate

Related words (64)

Verb(3 words)
twinklewinkwinkle
Noun(2 words)
winkwinking

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More general

15 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

9 entries

derived

16 entries

etymologically related_to

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has context

8 entries

has subevent

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is a

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manner of

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Translations

187 translations across 55 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • رَمْشَة noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • رمش verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • رَمَشَ verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թարթել verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qırpım noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • qırpmaq verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • марга́ць verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • маргну́ць verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • міга́ць verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • мігну́ць verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • миг noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • мигане noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • примигване noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • мигам verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မျက်စိမှိတ် verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • تروکاندن verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 眨 verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • 眨眼 verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • 眨眼睛 verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Czech

4 entries
  • mrknutí noun (a quick view)
  • blikat verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
  • bliknout verb (to flash headlights)
  • mrkat verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Danish

1 entries
  • blinke verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Dutch

2 entries
  • flitsen verb (to flash headlights)
  • knipperen verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • V13:D21-G17-D6 verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • palpebrumi verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Faroese

2 entries
  • blinkstra verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • blunka verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Finnish

4 entries
  • silmänräpäys noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • silmänräpäys noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • silmänräpäytys noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • silmänräpäytys noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)

French

4 entries
  • clignement noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • clin d’œil noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • coup d’œil noun (a quick view)
  • ciller verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Galician

4 entries
  • chiscar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • choscar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • faiscar verb (to flash headlights)
  • lampexar verb (to flash headlights)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ახამხამებს noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • დახამხამება verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • დახუჭვა verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

German

4 entries
  • Augenblick noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • Blinzeln noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • Blinzeln noun (a view with eyes partly closed)
  • Lidschlag noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανοιγοκλείνω verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מצמץ verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पलक मारना verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • pislant verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • pislog verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • pislog verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
  • villog verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • blikka verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • depla verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Ido

1 entries
  • palpebragar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mengedipkan verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Italian

4 entries
  • battito di ciglia noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • battito di ciglia noun (a quick view)
  • in un batter d'occhio noun (a quick view)
  • occhiata noun (a quick view)

Japanese

4 entries
  • チラ見 noun (a quick view)
  • まばたきする verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • パッシングする verb (to flash headlights)
  • 点滅する verb (to send a signal with a lighting device)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жыпылықтату verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • жыпылықтау verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ប៉ប្រិច verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • ព្រិច verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Korean

2 entries
  • 눈을 깜박거리다 verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • 눈을 깜박이다 verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • көз кысуу verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Lao

1 entries
  • ພັບຕາ verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Latin

4 entries
  • conniveo verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • nicto verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • nictor verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • palpebrō verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • блиндирам verb (to flash headlights)
  • трепкам verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Norman

2 entries
  • blyîntchi verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • clyinn'ter verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • blinke verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • blinke verb (to flash headlights)
  • blinke verb (to send a signal with a lighting device)
  • blunke verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Old English

1 entries
  • wincian verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Persian

3 entries
  • پلک زدن verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • چشمک زدن verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • چشمکزدن verb (to send a signal with a lighting device)

Polish

4 entries
  • migać verb (to flash headlights)
  • migać verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
  • mignąć verb (to flash headlights)
  • mrugać verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • olhadela noun (a quick view)
  • piscada noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • piscadela noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • piscar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ch'illmipakuy verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Romanian

4 entries
  • clipire noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • clipit noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • clipită noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • clipă noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)

Russian

4 entries
  • миг noun (a quick view)
  • мига́ние noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • морга́ние noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • мига́ть verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • caogadh noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • priobadh noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • priobadh noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • caog verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Slovak

2 entries
  • mrkať verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • mrknúť verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • кӧзин јумар verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • кӧс тӱмер verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Spanish

4 entries
  • parpadeo noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • destellar verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
  • guiñar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • guiñar verb (to flash headlights)

Swedish

4 entries
  • blinka noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)
  • ögonblick noun (the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes)
  • blinka verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • blinka verb (to flash headlights)

Thai

4 entries
  • กะพริบ verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • กะพริบ verb (to flash headlights)
  • กะพริบ verb (to send a signal with a lighting device)
  • กะพริบ verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)

Turkish

1 entries
  • göz kırpmak verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мига́ти verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • мигну́ти verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • морга́ти verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
  • моргну́ти verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Unami

1 entries
  • spànkweokàn noun (closing both eyes and opening them again)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nhấp nháy verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Sample sentences

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The TV is on the blink.

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The police usually blink at cars parked here.

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The plane went out of sight in a blink.

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In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

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