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გამოთქმა: /blɪŋk/

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Universal
  • 1an act of shutting and opening the eyes very quickly:he was observing her every blink
  • a moment’s hesitation:Feargal would have given her all this without a blink
  • 2a momentary gleam of light: out on the marshes there was a blink of light

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Universal
  • 1shut and open the eyes quickly:I blinked in astonishment [with object]:he blinked his eyes nervously she blinked away her tears
  • [with object] (blink something back) try to control or prevent tears by blinking: Elizabeth blinked back tears
  • [usually with negative] (blink at) react to (something) with surprise or disapproval:he doesn’t blink at the unsavoury aspects of his subject
  • back down from a confrontation:the government blinked only after losing 46 of the first 48 hearings
  • 2(of a light) flash on and off in a regular or intermittent way:the car’s right-hand indicator was blinking

in the blink of an eye (or in a blink)

very quickly: software that would do lots of boring calculations in the blink of an eye

not blink an eye

show no reaction.

on the blink

informal (of a machine) not working properly; out of order:the computer’s on the blink

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