WORD: BLINK
MEANING:
1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
4.
a. To be startled or dismayed.
b. 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).
5. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
6. flash, twinkle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. massive tornado that'll swallow you whole with the blink of an eye.
2. The TV announcer never seems to blink
PRONOUNCE:
blink - ब्लिंगक
LINK: BLINK
MEANING:
1. To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
2. To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint.
3. To shine with intermittent gleams; flash on and off.
4.
a. To be startled or dismayed.
b. 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).
5. To look with feigned ignorance: a mayor who blinks at the corruption in city government.
6. flash, twinkle
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. massive tornado that'll swallow you whole with the blink of an eye.
2. The TV announcer never seems to blink
PRONOUNCE:
blink - ब्लिंगक
LINK: BLINK
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