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glint
English
Etymology
15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint; from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”); probably alteration of Old Norse [Term?]; from Middle High German glinzen; from Proto-Germanic *glintan?, *glintjan?; from Proto-Indo-European *??ley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Swedish glänta, glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt. Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
glint (plural glints)
- A short flash of light.
- I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.
Translations
Adjective
glint (comparative more glint, superlative most glint)
- (archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.
- The knife is glint.
Verb
glint (third-person singular simple present glints, present participle glinting, simple past and past participle glinted)
- (intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.
- A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
- (intransitive) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
- 1785, Robert Burns, The Holy Fair
- The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'
- 1785, Robert Burns, The Holy Fair
- (transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
- 1980, Inquiry Magazine
- The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]
- 1980, Inquiry Magazine
- (archaic, Shropshire, transitive) To dry; to wither.
- The sun glints grass and corn.
Translations
References
- Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary?[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 644–645
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blink
English
Etymology
From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blen?an (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkan?, a variant of *bl?kan? (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
blink (third-person singular simple present blinks, present participle blinking, simple past and past participle blinked)
- (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
- To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
- To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
- To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, The Pet-Lamb
- The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, The Pet-Lamb
- (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
- To flash on and off at regular intervals.
- To flash headlights on a car at.
- To send a signal with a lighting device.
- To flash headlights on a car at.
- (hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
- 1980, Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”, Glass Houses, Columbia Records
- All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.
- 1980, Billy Joel, “Don't Ask Me Why”, Glass Houses, Columbia Records
- (transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
- (Scotland) To trick; to deceive.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
- To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
- (science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.
Synonyms
- (close and open both eyes quickly): nictitate
Translations
Noun
blink (plural blinks)
- The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
- (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
- (computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
- 2007, Cheryl D. Wise, Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web: The Basics and Beyond (page 150)
- 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.
- 2007, Cheryl D. Wise, Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web: The Basics and Beyond (page 150)
- A glimpse or glance.
- This is the first blink that ever I had of him.
- (Britain, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle
- 1835, William Wordsworth, Address from the Spirit of Cockermouth Castle
- Not a blink of light was there.
- 1835, William Wordsworth, Address from the Spirit of Cockermouth Castle
- (nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
- (sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
- (video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
Related terms
Translations
Danish
Verb
blink
- imperative of blinke
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
blink
- first-person singular present indicative of blinken
- imperative of blinken
German
Verb
blink
- singular imperative of blinken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of blinken
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb blinke
Pronunciation
Noun
blink m (definite singular blinken, indefinite plural blinker, definite plural blinkene)
- a target, bullseye
Synonyms
- skyteskive
Derived terms
- midt i blinken
Noun
blink n
- lightning
Derived terms
- blinklys
See also
- lynglimt
Verb
blink
- imperative of blinke
References
- “blink” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb blinke
Noun
blink m (definite singular blinken, indefinite plural blinkar, definite plural blinkane)
- a target, bullseye
Synonyms
- skyteskive
Derived terms
- augneblink
Verb
blink
- imperative of blinka
References
- “blink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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