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eyeblink

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A moment (a very short period of time).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bat of an eye, blink of an eye, bit, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jiffy, jot, minute, mo, moment, New York minute, New York second, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَمْشَة (ramša) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Azerbaijani: qırpım — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Bulgarian: мигане (migane) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Bulgarian: примигване (primigvane) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Danish: blink — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Finnish: silmänräpäys — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Finnish: silmänräpäytys — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • French: clignement — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Georgian: ახამხამებს (axamxamebs) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • German: (schneller) Blick der Augen — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • German: Wimpernschlag — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • German: Lidschlag — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • German: Augenschlag — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • German: Blinzeln — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • German: Augenblick — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Italian: battito di ciglia — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Korean: 눈깜박임 (nunkkambagim) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Portuguese: piscada — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Portuguese: piscadela — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Romanian: clipire — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Romanian: clipit — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Russian: морга́ние (morgánije) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Russian: мига́ние (migánije) — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Swedish: blink — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Swedish: blink — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Turkish: göz kırpma — act of blinking one's eyelids one time
  • Afrikaans: oomblik — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瞬間 /瞬间 (shùnjiān) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Danish: øjeblik — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Dutch: ogenblik — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Finnish: silmänräpäys — moment (a very short period of time)
  • French: clin d'œil — moment (a very short period of time)
  • German: Augenblick — moment (a very short period of time)
  • German: Wimpernschlag — moment (a very short period of time)
  • German: Augenschlag — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Hindi: पलक (palak) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Hungarian: szempillantás — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Japanese: 瞬目 (shunmoku, shunboku, mabataki) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Japanese: あっという間 (a-tto iu ma) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Korean: 한순간 (hansun'gan) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Low German: Ogenblick — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyeblikk — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augeblikk — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augneblikk — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augeblink — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augneblink — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augeblunk — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augneblunk — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Polish: okamgnienie — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Portuguese: piscar de olhos — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Romanian: clipă — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Romanian: clipită — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Russian: мгнове́ние о́ка (mgnovénije óka) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Russian: мгнове́ние (mgnovénije) — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Swedish: ögonblick — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Turkish: an — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Urdu: پلک — moment (a very short period of time)
  • Yiddish: אויגנבליק (oygnblik) — moment (a very short period of time)