blink

IPA(Pronunciation)

/blɪŋk/

Noun

figuratively UK dialectal in-plural

Japanese Meaning

両目を非常に短時間で閉じて再び開く行為（瞬きをする行動） / 比喩的に、あっという間の短い時間

What is this buttons?

She counted every blink during the staring contest.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は見つめ合いの勝負の間、まばたきを一つずつ数えた。

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Sense（1）

The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

Sense（3）

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.

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Sense（4）

A glimpse or glance.

This is the first blink that ever I had of him.

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Sense（5）

(UK, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle

Not a blink of light was there.

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Sense（6）

Sense（7）

(sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.

Sense（8）

(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances

blinks

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