English adjective: blinking | |||
1. | blinking closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | ||
Samples | He stood blinking in the bright sunlight. | ||
Synonyms | winking | ||
Similar | closed, shut | ||
Antonyms | opened, open | ||
2. | blinking informal intensifiers | ||
Samples | What a bally (or blinking) nuisance. A bloody fool. A crashing bore. You flaming idiot. | ||
Synonyms | bally, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking | ||
Similar | unmitigated | ||
Antonyms | mitigated | ||
English noun: blinking | |||
1. | blinking (act) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | ||
Synonyms | blink, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | palpebration | ||