Definitions for blinking
blink·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictationadjective

   a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

2. blinking, winkingadjective

   closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly

   "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight"

3. bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)adjective

   informal intensifiers

   "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blinkingadjective

   That or who blinks or blink.

   a blinking light

2. blinkingadjective

   (British euphemistic slang) Bloody (in the coarse slang sense)

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1. Blinking

   Blinking is a bodily function; it is a semi-autonomic rapid closing of the eyelid. A single blink is determined by the forceful closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrae superioris and the activation of the palpebral portion of the orbicularis oculi, not the full open and close. It is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. Blinking may have other functions since it occurs more often than necessary just to keep the eye lubricated. Researchers think blinking may help with disengagement of attention; following blink onset, cortical activity decreases in the dorsal network and increases in the default-mode network, associated with internal processing. Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease. The blinking rate is determined by the "blinking center", but it can also be affected by external stimulus. Some animals, such as tortoises and hamsters, blink their eyes independently of each other. Humans use winking, the blinking of only one eye, as a form of body language.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blinking

   of Blink

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blinking

   Brief closing of the eyelids by involuntary normal periodic closing, as a protective measure, or by voluntary action.

How to pronounce blinking?

1. Alex

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   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say blinking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blinking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blinking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of blinking in a Sentence

1. D. H. Lawrence:

   We only seem to learn from Life that Life doesn't matter so much as it seemed to do -- it's not so burningly important, after all, what happens. We crawl, like blinking sea-creatures, out of the Ocean onto a spur of rock, we creep over the promontory bewildered and dazzled and hurting ourselves, then we drop in the ocean on the other side: and the little transit doesn't matter so much.

2. Dan Coats:

   The warning signs are there, the system is blinking. It is why I believe we are at a critical point.

3. Dan Coats:

   The warning signs are there. The system is blinking, it is why I believe we are at a critical point.

4. Resident Carla Jackson:

   First there were real high winds and then a loud boom, and next thing you know the lights started blinking. We heard the transformer blow, then another transformer blow, and then it just went black.

5. Stephen Worrell:

   But there is some uncertainty about whether the yuan devaluation is part of a controlled stimulus plan or a sign that Beijing is blinking in the face of greater weakness to come, and uncertainty always warrants caution.

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