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blix

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɪks

1

noun

Meaning 1

In color photography, a combination of bleach and fixer, which removes both the silver crystals and silver halides, leaving behind the color dyes, which form the negative image.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Deliberate misspelling of blicks (“gun”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, plural, plural-only

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

Examples

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of bleach + fixer.