| VERB | body | blink, wink, nictitate, nictate | briefly shut the eyes |
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| body | blink, wink, blink away | force to go away by blinking | |
| perception | blink, flash, wink, twinkle, winkle | gleam or glow intermittently | |
| NOUN | act | blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
| Sounds | blih'ngk | |
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| Rhymes | brink ... zinc: 27 rhymes with ihngk... | |
| Meaning | A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. | |
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| Synonyms | eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation | |
| Narrower | palpebration | repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent) |
| Broader | reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction | An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
| Spanish | guiño, parpadeo, pestañeo | |
| Catalan | parpelleig, pestanyeig, pipelleig | |
| Verbs | blink | briefly shut the eyes |
| blink | force to go away by blinking | |
| Meaning | briefly shut the eyes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The TV announcer never seems to blink" | |
| Synonyms | wink, nictitate, nictate | |
| Narrower | bat, flutter | wink briefly |
| palpebrate | wink or blink, especially repeatedly | |
| Broader | act involuntarily, act reflexively | Act in an uncontrolled manner |
| Spanish | guiñar, parpadear, pestañear | |
| Catalan | pestanyejar | |
| Nouns | blink, blinking | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
| Meaning | Force to go away by blinking. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "blink away tears" | |
| Synonyms | wink, blink away | |
| Broader | restrain, keep, keep back, hold back | Keep under control |
| Spanish | pestañear | |
| Catalan | parpallejar, pestanyejar | |
| Nouns | blink | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
| Meaning | gleam or glow intermittently. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Lights blink on the horizon; The horizon is blinking with lights | |
| Synonyms | flash, wink, twinkle, winkle | |
| Narrower | flicker, flick | flash intermittently |
| Broader | radiate | Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
| Spanish | brillar intermitentemente, centellear, destellar, relampaguear, titilar | |
| Catalan | centellejar, llambrar, llambregar, llampegar, llampeguejar | |
| Nouns | blinker | a light that flashes on and off |
| blinker | a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn | |
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