blinkle

verb
/ˈblɪŋkl̩/

Etymology

From blink + -le (frequentative suffix).

  1. inherited from *blinkaną
  2. inherited from *blincan
  3. inherited from blynken
  4. suffixed as blinkle — “blink + le

Definitions

  1. 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