blink, v.
(blinked, blinking, blinks)
freq. cnt. 13
(blinked, blinking, blinks)
freq. cnt. 13
briefly shut the eyes
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 1
blink nictate nictitate wink
sample sentences
"The TV announcer never seems to blink"verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
keep back by blinking
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
blink blink away wink
sample sentences
"blink away tears"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
gleam or glow intermittently
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
blink flash twinkle wink winkle
sample sentences
"The lights were flashing"verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Lights %s on the horizon
The horizon is %sing with lights
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Something ----sSomebody ----s something