To wink rapidly and repeatedly; nictitate.To see with the eyes half shut or with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes; hence, to get a glimpse; peep.Figuratively, to look askance or indifferently.To intermit light; glimmer: as “a blinking lamp,”To gleam transiently but cheerfully; smile; look kindly.6. To become a little stale or sour: said of milk or beer.To deceive; elude; shun.To see or catch sight of with half-shut eyes; dimly see; wink at.Figuratively, to shut one's eyes to; avoid or purposely evade; shirk: as, to blink a question.To balk at; pass by; shirk: as, a dog that never blinked a bird.To blindfold; hoodwink.n. A glance of the eye; a glimpse.n. A gleam; a glimmer; specifically, the gleam or glimmer reflected from ice in the polar regions: hence the term ice-blink (which see).n. A very short time; a twinkling: as, bide a blink.n. A trick; a scheme.n. plural Boughs thrown to turn aside deer from their course; also, feathers, etc., on a thread to scare birds.n. A fishermen's name for the mackerel when about a year old. See spike and tinker.