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How to pronounce blinks in English?

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Synonyms blinking chickweed, montia lamprosperma, water chickweed
Type of indian lettuce

Examples of blinks

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When he blinks, his white eyelashes appear magnified by his wire-rimmed glasses.
From the sacbee.com
The light on the corresponding side blinks contingently on the infant's looking.
From the nature.com
When I turn on my right blinker, the indicator on the dashboard blinks very fast.
From the bostonherald.com
She hardly blinks when it's noted how close the tree came to crushing her home.
From the kentucky.com
His right eye still blinks, but there is nothing but an empty pink cavity inside.
From the dailyherald.com
A pager blinks when the food is ready at the counter for a visitor to pick up.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A therapist recites the alphabet and he blinks when the correct one is spoken.
From the philly.com
The camera's blink detection is supposed to warn you when your subject blinks.
From the usatoday.com
Lattimore blinks into the light as the flash discharges and the shutter snaps.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
  • Briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
  • Wink: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
  • Flash: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
  • (blinking) closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight"
  • (blinking) bally(a): informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
  • Blinking is the voluntary rapid closing and opening of the eyelid. It is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. ...
  • Blink is a British commercial aviation operation which provides private Jet travel using Cessna Citation Very Light Jets. The company began operations in London in May 2008.
  • Blink is a pop/rock band from Ireland They are noted for their mixture of humour and melancholy. They have released three albums to date: A Map Of the Universe by Blink (1994), The End Is High (1998) and Deep Inside The Sound Of Sadness (2004). ...