blink

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• /ˈblɪŋk/
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• [ˈblɪŋk]
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From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.

From a contraction of the group's name, itself a compound of black + pink, seemingly chosen as a homophone of blink.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَمْشَة (ramša) — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Azerbaijani: qırpım — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Bulgarian: мигане (migane) — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Bulgarian: примигване (primigvane) — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Finnish: silmänräpäys — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Finnish: silmänräpäytys — closing both eyes and opening them again
• French: clignement — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Georgian: ახამხამებს (axamxamebs) — closing both eyes and opening them again
• German: Lidschlag — closing both eyes and opening them again
• German: Blinzeln — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Italian: battito di ciglia — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Portuguese: piscada — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Portuguese: piscadela — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Romanian: clipire — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Romanian: clipit — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Russian: морга́ние (morgánije) — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Russian: мига́ние (migánije) — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Scottish Gaelic: caogadh — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Scottish Gaelic: priobadh — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Spanish: parpadeo — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Swedish: blinka — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Unami: spànkweokàn — closing both eyes and opening them again
• Bulgarian: миг (mig) — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Finnish: silmänräpäys — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Finnish: silmänräpäytys — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• French: clin d’œil — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• German: Augenblick — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• German: Wimpernschlag — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Romanian: clipă — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Romanian: clipită — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Scottish Gaelic: priobadh — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Swedish: ögonblick — the time needed to close and reopen one's eyes
• Czech: mrknutí — a quick view
• French: coup d’œil — a quick view
• German: flüchtiger Blick — a quick view
• Italian: battito di ciglia — a quick view
• Italian: occhiata — a quick view
• Italian: in un batter d'occhio — a quick view
• Japanese: チラ見 (chirami) — a quick view
• Portuguese: olhadela — a quick view
• Russian: миг (mig) — a quick view
• German: Blinzeln — a view with eyes partly closed
• Southern Altai: кӧс тӱмер (kös tümer) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Southern Altai: кӧзин јумар (közin ǰumar) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Arabic: رَمَشَ (ramaša) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Arabic: رمش (ramaš) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Armenian: թարթել (tʻartʻel) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Azerbaijani: qırpmaq — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Belarusian: марга́ць (marhácʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Belarusian: маргну́ць (marhnúcʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Belarusian: міга́ць (mihácʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Belarusian: мігну́ць (mihnúcʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Bulgarian: мигам (migam) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Bulgarian: премигвам (premigvam) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Burmese: မျက်စိမှိတ် (myakci.hmit) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 眨眼睛 (zhǎ yǎnjīng) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 眨 (zhǎ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Czech: mrkat — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Czech: mrknout — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Danish: blinke — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Dutch: knipperen — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Egyptian: V13:D21-G17-D6 (ṯrm) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Esperanto: palpebrumi — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Faroese: blunka — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Faroese: blinkstra — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Finnish: räpäyttää silmiä — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Finnish: räpyttää silmiä — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• French: ciller — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• French: cligner des yeux — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• French: clignoter — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Galician: piscar — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Galician: chiscar — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Galician: choscar — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Georgian: დახუჭვა (daxuč̣va) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Georgian: დახამხამება (daxamxameba) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• German: blinzeln — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Greek: ανοιγοκλείνω (anoigokleíno) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Hebrew: מצמץ (mitzmétz) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Hindi: पलक मारना (palak mārnā) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Hungarian: pislog — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Hungarian: pislant — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Icelandic: blikka — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Icelandic: depla — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Ido: palpebragar — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Indonesian: mengedipkan — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Italian: sbattere le ciglia — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Italian: ammiccare — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Japanese: まばたきする (mabataki suru) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Japanese: 瞬く (matataku) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Japanese: 瞬く (mabataku) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Kazakh: жыпылықтату (jypylyqtatu) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Kazakh: жыпылықтау (jypylyqtau) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Khmer: ប៉ប្រិច (pɑɑprəc) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Khmer: ព្រិច (prɨc) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Korean: 눈을 깜박이다 (nuneul kkambagida) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Korean: 눈을 깜박거리다 (nuneul kkambakgeorida) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Central Kurdish: تروکاندن (trukandin) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Kyrgyz: көз кысуу (köz kısuu) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Lao: ພັບຕາ (phap tā) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Latin: palpebrō — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Latin: conniveo — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Latin: nictor — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Latin: nicto — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Macedonian: трепкам (trepkam) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Norman: clyinn'ter — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Norman: blyîntchi — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Norwegian Bokmål: blunke — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Old English: wincian — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Persian: چشمک زدن (češmak zadan) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Persian: پلک زدن (pelk zadan) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Polish: mrugać — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Polish: mrugnąć — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Portuguese: piscar — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Quechua: ch'illmipakuy — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Romanian: clipi — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Russian: морга́ть (morgátʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Russian: моргну́ть (morgnútʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Russian: мига́ть (migátʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Russian: мигну́ть (mignútʹ) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Savosavo: abuzaghi — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Scottish Gaelic: caog — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Scottish Gaelic: priob — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Slovak: mrkať — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Slovak: mrknúť — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Spanish: parpadear — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Spanish: pestañear — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Swedish: blinka — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Thai: กะพริบ (gà-príp) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Turkish: göz kırpmak — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Ukrainian: морга́ти (morháty) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Ukrainian: моргну́ти (morhnúty) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Ukrainian: мига́ти (myháty) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Ukrainian: мигну́ти (myhnúty) — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Vietnamese: nhấp nháy — to close and reopen both eyes quickly
• Bulgarian: примигвам (primigvam) — to flash headlights
• Czech: bliknout — to flash headlights
• Dutch: flitsen — to flash headlights
• Finnish: väläyttää valoja — to flash headlights
• French: faire un appel de phares — to flash headlights
• Galician: lampexar — to flash headlights
• Galician: faiscar — to flash headlights
• German: lichthupen — to flash headlights
• German: aufblenden — to flash headlights
• Italian: lampeggiare — to flash headlights
• Japanese: パッシングする (passhingu suru) — to flash headlights
• Macedonian: блиндирам (blindiram) — to flash headlights
• Norwegian Bokmål: blinke — to flash headlights
• Polish: migać — to flash headlights
• Polish: mignąć — to flash headlights
• Portuguese: piscar — to flash headlights
• Russian: мига́ть (migátʹ) — to flash headlights
• Russian: мигну́ть (mignútʹ) — to flash headlights
• Spanish: guiñar — to flash headlights
• Swedish: blinka — to flash headlights
• Thai: กะพริบ (gà-príp) — to flash headlights
• Finnish: välkyttää — to send a signal with a lighting device
• German: blinken — to send a signal with a lighting device
• German: morsen — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Italian: segnalare — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Japanese: 点滅する (tenmetsu suru) — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Norwegian Bokmål: blinke — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Persian: چشمکزدن (češmak-zadan) — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Polish: mrugnąć — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Russian: мига́ть (migátʹ) — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Russian: мигну́ть (mignútʹ) — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Swedish: blinka — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Thai: กะพริบ (gà-príp) — to send a signal with a lighting device
• Czech: blikat — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Finnish: välkkyä — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• French: clignoter — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Galician: lampexar — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• German: blinken — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Hungarian: villog — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Hungarian: pislog — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Italian: lampeggiare — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Italian: intermittenza — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Norwegian: blinke — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Polish: migać — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Polish: mrugać — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Portuguese: piscar — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Russian: мигать (migatʹ) — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Spanish: destellar — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Spanish: parpadear — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Spanish: titilar — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• Thai: กะพริบ (gà-príp) — to flash on and off at regular intervals
• German: mit den Fingern schnippen — hyperbole: to perform the smallest action
• German: mit der Wimper zucken — hyperbole: to perform the smallest action