v. 1 wink, flicker, Technical nictitate She blinked in the strong light 2 twinkle, flicker, gleam, glimmer, shimmer, flash, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate A billion stars blinked in the wintry sky 3 flinch, wince, shrink, quail, blench, recoil, start, move She didn't even blink when she had the injection 4 blink at. wink at, ignore, overlook, disregard That inspector has been known to blink at health violations
n. 5 wink, flicker He switched the cards in the blink of an eye 6 on the blink. Colloq out of order, broken, in disrepair, not working or operating, not operational, Slang US out of whack, on the fritz The fridge is on the blink again