Entry Word: blink

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to shine with light at regular intervals <she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns>

Synonyms flash, twinkle, wink

Related Words flicker, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle; beam, gleam, irradiate, radiate

2 to rapidly open and close one's eyes <I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed> — see wink 1