Blink

/blɪŋk/

Synonyms for "blink" (159 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(8 words)

eye blinkwink ahabat an eyeblinking blips closeeye closure

Verb(2 words)

albedo avoid batbat the eyesblenchblink atblinking brokencarefully ignorecastcold shouldercold-shoulder coruscate coruscation cringecut a cornercut cornersdisregard dodgedraw back

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duck evade

Strong matches (48)

Noun(17 words)

eyelid closureflash flashlights flicker flickering flickers flits flutters glimmer glint gosh ignore instant milliseconds miss moment nictation

fadefall backfirefly flash flicker flinch fudge funk glance gleam glimmer glimmering glimpse glisk glisten glister glitter glittering glowwormhalf an eye

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hang backhit the high spotsice skyiceblink ignorein disrepairincident lightjib move

Verb(2 words)

flash nictate

Related words (79)

nictitateon the blinkon the fritzout of orderout of whackoverlookpass overpass over lightlypeek peeppull backquailquick sightrapid glancerecoil reelreel backreflectance reflection retreat

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scamp scintilla scintillate scintillationsheer offshimmer shimmering shrinkshrink backshy sidestep signal skimskim overskim the surfaceskimpskip overslant slightslubber overslurslur oversnowblink spangle spark sparkle squiz startstart asidestart backstroboscopic lightswerve tinseltouch upontouch upon lightlyturn asidetwinkle twinklingwater skywaterblink weaselweasel outwince winkwink at

Noun(9 words)

nictitation oh overlook shutsplit secondstrobe winking winks wow

Verb(5 words)

palpebrate twinkle wink winked winkle

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

26 entries

act involuntarilyact reflexivelyexclamation expressioneye movementfacial gesturehold backinborn reflexinnate reflexinstinctive reflexinterjection keepkeep backlight emissionmotor actionperception

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

18 entries

LED blinkastonishment exclamationemphasis exclamationflickerindicator blinkinstantinvoluntary blinkjiffymiss a detailoverlook evidencerapid blinkreflex blinkscreen blinkshort blinksplit secondstrobe

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

12 entries

LED blinkblink of an eyeblink rateblink reflexblinking rateeye blinkeyelid closureintermittent blinkinginvoluntary blinkquick blinkrapid blinkrapid blinking

Inflections

3 entries

blinked blinking blinks

Derivations

3 entries

blinkable blinker blinkingly

Translations

119 translations across 54 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

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

1 entries

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

2 entries

мигам verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
премигвам 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)
mrkat verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
mrknout verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Danish

1 entries

blinke verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Dutch

1 entries

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

3 entries

räpyttää silmiä verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
räpäyttää silmiä verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
välkkyä verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)

French

4 entries

coup d’œil noun (a quick view)
ciller verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
cligner des yeux verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
clignoter 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)
lampexar verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
piscar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Georgian

2 entries

დახამხამება verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
დახუჭვა verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

German

3 entries

flüchtiger Blick noun (a quick view)
blinken verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
blinzeln verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

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 (a quick view)
in un batter d'occhio noun (a quick view)
occhiata noun (a quick view)
ammiccare verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Japanese

4 entries

チラ見 noun (a quick view)
まばたきする verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
瞬く verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
瞬く verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

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

1 entries

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

1 entries

blunke verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Old English

1 entries

wincian verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Persian

2 entries

پلک زدن verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
چشمک زدن verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Polish

4 entries

migać verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
mrugać verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
mrugać verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
mrugnąć verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Portuguese

3 entries

olhadela noun (a quick view)
piscar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
piscar verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)

Quechua

1 entries

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

Romanian

1 entries

clipi verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Russian

4 entries

миг noun (a quick view)
мига́ть verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
мигать verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
мигну́ть verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

caog verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
priob 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

destellar verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)
guiñar verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
parpadear verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
parpadear verb (to flash on and off at regular intervals)

Swedish

1 entries

blinka verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)

Thai

2 entries

กะพริบ verb (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
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)

Vietnamese

1 entries

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

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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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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