BLINK
What does "BLINK" mean?
To shut and open the eyes quickly, usually involuntarily.
Meanings
- To close and reopen the eyes rapidly in a single quick motion. The bright flash made everyone in the room blink at once.
- Of a light, to flash on and off intermittently. The cursor kept blinking, waiting for me to type something.
- To back down or show weakness in a tense standoff. Neither side would blink in the negotiations. figurative
- A single rapid closing of the eyes, or a very short moment of time. In the blink of an eye the magician had vanished.
Did you know?
- You blink about 15 to 20 times a minute - so often that you spend roughly 10 percent of your waking hours with your eyes shut, and your brain quietly edits out the darkness so you never notice it.
Word origin
A variant of Middle English 'blenken' (to deceive, flinch), related to 'blench'; influenced by Dutch 'blinken' meaning to shine or glitter.
Remember it
BLINK is a quick LINK between dark and light that the letter B snaps shut.
A little poem
World vanishes - dark,
a wet shutter falls and lifts;
the same room, brand new.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to win a staring contest with the universe, but I blinked - now I owe it a moment of my life.
What it teaches
The smallest involuntary pause can reset how you see the very thing in front of you.
Quick facts
What does BLINK mean?
To shut and open the eyes quickly, usually involuntarily.
Is BLINK a valid word?
Yes — BLINK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLINK?
BLINK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLINK come from?
A variant of Middle English 'blenken' (to deceive, flinch), related to 'blench'; influenced by Dutch 'blinken' meaning to shine or glitter.
What can BLINK teach us?
The smallest involuntary pause can reset how you see the very thing in front of you.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.