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Source Word

blink

IPA(Pronunciation)

/blɪŋk/

Verb

intransitive transitive Tyneside obsolete excessive

Japanese Meaning

目を閉じて再び開く動作をすること。特に、目に付着した物を払い落とすために行う場合がある。 / ウィンクすること。

What is this buttons?

Blink the dust from your eyes before you drive.

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運転する前に、まばたきをして目のほこりを取り除いてください。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

She blinked her tears away.

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Sense（2）

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.

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Sense（3）

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.

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Sense（4）

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.

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Sense（5）

(Tyneside, obsolete) To glance.

Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north,

The home of my childhood, the place of my birth;

O the transports of gladness that over me reign,

To blink upon canny Newcastle again!

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Sense（6）

To flash headlights on a car at.

An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.

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Sense（7）

To send a signal with a lighting device.

Don't come to the door until I blink twice.

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Sense（8）

(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.

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Sense（9）

(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.

to blink the question

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Sense（10）

To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.

Sense（11）

(science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.

blinks

（ present singular third-person ）

blinking

（ participle present ）

blinked

（ participle past ）

blinked

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