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Meanings of blink in English

Portuguese
piscamento
Catalan
parpelleig
Spanish
guiño

A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.

      piscamento
      Portuguese
      piscar os olhos
      Catalan
      parpallejar
      Spanish
      titilar

      Gleam or glow intermittently.

            piscar os olhos
            Portuguese
            piscar
            Catalan
            pestanyejar

            Briefly shut the eyes.

                  piscar

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                        Usage of blink in English
                        1
                        Most climbers don't have time to blink before they answer this question.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        2
                        Objective: To study the normal value and clinical applications of blink reflex.
                        Pubmed
                        3
                        For the way governments work, it is a blink of an eye.
                        A journey: my political life
                        4
                        A breathless, blink-and-you'll-miss-it beginning had three goals inside the first 10 minutes.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        She had to blink her eyes several times to clear her vision.
                        Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
                        6
                        You didn't blink an eyelid in England commuting to work in London.
                        The Irish Times
                        7
                        Harry still watched me, and somehow he no longer needed to blink.
                        Dexter in the Dark
                        8
                        It happened so quickly, in less time than it took to blink.
                        Nevermore
                        9
                        I blink and it's back, bulging just like the innocent right one.
                        Real life & liars
                        10
                        Britain has mimicked European-style collaborative politics without so much of a blink.
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        I guess you know all about having everything change in a blink.
                        The black prism
                        12
                        You blink out of reality and reappear inside a fucking mailbox, right?
                        Masked
                        13
                        He appears to blink in the bright light, assenting as they speak.
                        The Irish Times
                        14
                        Another blink, another moment, and Nora would realize exactly where she was.
                        Getting in: a novel
                        15
                        So we are limited to blink-and-it's-gone wormholes connecting time slices of interest.
                        Palimpsest
                        16
                        I can't move or even blink as images flicker rapidly before me.
                        Mockingjay
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                        Translations for blink
                        Blink through the time
                        Blink across language varieties
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                        Common
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                        Common
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                        Common
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