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To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
(verb-intransitive)
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To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
(verb-intransitive)
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To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
(verb-intransitive)
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To be startled or dismayed.
(verb-intransitive)
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To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: "This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked” ( Zbigniew Brzezinski).
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.