1. • noun - a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
   • verb - briefly shut the eyes
   • verb - force to go away by blinking
   • verb - gleam or glow intermittently
2. • To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
   • To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
   • To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
   • To be startled or dismayed.
   • To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills: “This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets.
   • To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
   • To cause to blink.
   • To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking: blinked back the tears.
   • To refuse to recognize or face: blink ugly facts.
   • To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.
   • The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
   • An instant: I’ll be back in a blink.
   • A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
   • A flash of light; a twinkle.
   • The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to open and close the eyelids or an eyelid rapidly”: a dog blinking lazily at the fire; reptiles nictitating; twinkled, then laughed and responded; winking conspiratorially at his chum.
3. • v - to open and shut the eyes

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