blinkle
verb/ˈblɪŋkl̩/
Etymology
From blink + -le (frequentative suffix).
- inherited from *blinkaną✻
- inherited from *blincan✻
- inherited from blynken
Definitions
To blink repeatedly
- Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …
- The silence brought John Jay to his senses. He crawled along the aisle and out of the door, blinkling like an owl as he came into the blinding sunshine.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA