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blinking

/blˈɪŋkɪŋ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Blinking means: informal intensifiers.

Synonyms for blinking17

noun, as in a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

blink, eye blink, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation

adjective, as in informal intensifiers

bally, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking, unmitigated

adjective, as in closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly

winking, closed, shut

also used for blinking

blasted, blimming

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What does blinking mean?3

adjective

1

informal intensifiers“what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”

2

closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly“he stood blinking in the bright sunlight”

noun

1

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with blinking?7

three syllables

rethinking
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Blinking in a sentence

  • Little lights were blinking on and off in the distance.CK
  • There are some red lights blinking on the console.CK
  • Do you know what this blinking red light means?DJ_Saidez
  • Leon took the gun and shot without blinking.Amastan
  • Gabor noticed a light blinking on the other end of the island.Amastan
  • When Leonid talked, Anna listened to him without blinking.Amastan
  • Why is that red light blinking?Hybrid
  • They were blinking angrily at each other.Amastan

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Forms of blinking

as a noun

plural
blinkings