| NOUN | act | blinking, blink, eye blink, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation | a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | blinking, winking | closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly |
| all | blinking, bally, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking | informal intensifiers |
| Sounds | blih'ngkihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly. | |
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| Example | "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" | |
| Synonym | winking | |
| Broader | closed, shut | Used especially of mouth or eyes |
| Spanish | pestañeante | |
| Meaning | informal intensifiers. | |
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| Example | "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance" | |
| Synonyms | bally, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking | |
| Broader | unmitigated | not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity |
| Spanish | jodido, maldito, puto | |
| Catalan | maleït | |
| Meaning | A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. | |
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| Synonyms | blink, eye blink, 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 |
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