blink

Definition von blink im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes; To flash headlights on a car
An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.; To flash on and off at regular intervals
The blinking text on the screen was distracting.; A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis
I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.; To close and reopen both eyes quickly
The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.; To send a signal with a lighting device
Don't come to the door until I blink twice.; The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again; To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response
All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.; {v} to wink, shut, close, see darkly; gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"; To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question; a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink; A brief fluctuation in power Blinks are a sign that MCEC's electric distribution system is working properly as it identifies problems and momentarily interrupts power to avoid longer outages BACK TO TOP; This is a physical style element that makes contained text within blink on and off on the screen; To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes; Gleam; glimmer; sparkle; (2) A coastal ice cliff; briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"; force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"; with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp; If a machine goes on the blink, it stops working properly. an old TV that's on the blink; The time needed to close and reopen ones eyes; This causes the enclosed text to flash or blink slowly It is Netscape-specific, and annoying Don't use it; To trick; to deceive; To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye; {i} wink, flicker; To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc; Dog goes to the bird or dummy, ignores it and leaves area; Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them; A quick closing and reopening of both eyes; when a cat looks at you and slowly opens and closes his eyes The cat just blinked me; When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again. Kathryn blinked and forced a smile She was blinking her eyes rapidly He blinked at her. Blink is also a noun. He kept giving quick blinks; The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink; To shine, esp; {f} wink the eye, close and reopen the eye; flicker; A glimpse or glance; When a light blinks, it flashes on and off. Green and yellow lights blinked on the surface of the harbour A warning light blinked on; a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
blink of an eye: A very short period of time; quickly
blink of an eye: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
blink one's tears back: (deyim) Try to keep from crying
1. She blinked back her tears and went on. 2. He blinked his tears back and endured the pain.
blink away: wink: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
blink beer: Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp
blinking: Present participle of blink
blinking: That or who blinks or blink
a blinking light.
on the blink: functioning erratically, malfunctioning; not working or not working well. Usually refers to a mechanical or electrical device
My toaster is on the blink, making either charcoal or cold bread.
eye blink: a brief period of time : INSTANT
eye blink: a usually involuntary shutting and opening of the eye
blinked: past of blink
blinking: (blēŋ′kēŋ) adj Having a high intensity background color, which causes it to appear with a low intensity background color and a flashing foreground color when viewed in full-screen mode -v Regularly alternating from visible to invisible or from one color to another
blinking: In astronomical image processing, a method for comparing two similar but different images wherein a display is switched between the two images in rapid succession Spatial differences appear to move back and forth, while intensity differences pulsate When the switching rate, duty cycle and transfer functions of the displays are controllable by the user, blinking is a powerful tool for assessing subtle but systematic differences between images, e g those due to moving or variable objects in crowded fields, or to subtle artifacts in image formation
blinking: using an offline reader to access on online system
blinking: Bloody (in the coarse slang sense)
blinking: A media planning tactic that schedules activity on a week, off a week, for a specified period of time
blinking: used to show that you are annoyed
blinking: Acknowledgment of the location of game then turning away, avoiding contact, continuing in the quartering pattern
blinking: off-and-on; "the blinking signal light"
blinking: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight"
blinking: closing and opening the eye involuntarily, normally about once every six seconds to replenish the tear film on the surface of the cornia
blinking: {s} used as intensifier; alternating from on to off (i.e. of a light)
blinking: (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
blinking: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight
blinking: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
blinking: A scheduling technique in which the advertiser floods the airwaves for one day on both cable and network channels to make it virtually impossible to miss the ads (Ch 8)
blinks: {i} small lettuce (of northern regions in India)
blinks: small Indian lettuce of northern regions
blinks: plural of blink
on the blink: not working properly, out of order