blink

v

1. wink, nictitate, nictate; flutter, flicker.

2. squint, screw up the eyes, see with half an eye, look askance; glimpse, spot, espy, descry, spy, perceive, glance at.

3. wince, flinch, start, shrink, recoil, blench; quiver, shudder, quake, tremble, flutter; be startled, be shocked, be surprised, Sl. be freaked out.

4. ignore, overlook, bypass, disregard, pass over, neglect; slight, snub, ostracize, cut; shirk, evade, elude, shun, avoid, dodge.

5. twinkle, glisten, gleam, glimmer, glitter, coruscate, shimmer, sparkle, Archaic. glister; glow, blaze, radiate, shine, beam; flicker, flutter, waver, dance, glare; scintillate, bedazzle, flash, fulgurate; phosphoresce, be luminous.

n

6. wink, flutter, flicker, waver, dance.

7. twinkle, gleam, glimmer, shimmer, sparkle, flash; glowing, shining, blaze.

8. on the blink

Slang. in need of repair, Sl. on the fritz, in bad shape, not operating, out of order, Inf. out of whack or kilter, out of commission, broken; Both Inf. far gone, done for.