Definitions for blinking

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blinking blink·ing

Spelling: [bling-king]

IPA: /ˈblɪŋ kɪŋ/

Blinking is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in blinking (bgiiklnn).

Definitions for blinking

noun

1. an act of blinking:
2. a gleam; glimmer:
3. Chiefly Scot. a glance or glimpse.
4. Meteorology. iceblink. snowblink.

Idioms

1. on the blink, not in proper working order; in need of repair:

adjective, adverb

1. (used as an intensifier):

verb (used with object)

1. to open and close (the eye or eyes), usually rapidly and repeatedly; wink:
2. to cause (something) to blink:
3. to ignore deliberately; evade; shirk.

verb (used without object)

1. to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
2. to look with winking or half-shut eyes:
3. to be startled, surprised, or dismayed (usually followed by at):
4. to look evasively or with indifference; ignore (often followed by at):
5. to shine unsteadily, dimly, or intermittently; twinkle:

Origin of blinking

First recorded in 1910-15; blink + -ing²

Examples for blinking

With the batphone to his great pal Bibi beeping and blinking nonstop, would Romney in essence have backed Mubarak?

Zimmerman, who faces up to life in prison if convicted, stared ahead with a blank expression, blinking hard.

Peppajee smoked stolidly, his eyes half closed and blinking sleepily.

Other workmen were smoking, staring up into the sky and blinking their eyes.

"I would I had your eyes," said Sir Nigel, blinking at the pirate galleys.

There is nothing so humbling as staring at a blinking cursor on a screen entitled “Inaugural Address.”

Debris crumbles from the ceiling and blinking lights dangle from single strands.

Harry was blinking and stirring and I could tell just by looking at him that he was uneasy too.

For a moment Mathilde remained motionless, blinking her eyes.

He did not wipe away the tears, but the long lenses of the television cameras showed him blinking them back behind his glasses.