Definizione monolingua

blink

blink (third-person singular simple present blinks, present participle blinking, simple past and past participle blinked)

1. To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

   The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.

2. To flash headlights on a car.

   An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.

3. To send a signal with a lighting device.

   Dont come to the door until I blink twice.

4. To flash on and off at regular intervals.

   The blinking text on the screen was distracting.

5. (hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
   • 1980, Billy Joel, “Dont Ask Me Why”, Glass Houses, Columbia Records

     All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink.

blink (plural blinks)

1. The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
2. (figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen ones eyes.
3. (computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
   • 2007, Cheryl D. Wise, Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web: The Basics and Beyond (page 150)

     I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support.

Definizione dizionario blink

	battito di ciglia
	a quick view
	The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again

	lampeggiare
	to flash on and off at regular intervals
	to flash headlights

ammiccare

	sbattere le ciglia
	to close and reopen both eyes quickly

	sbattere le palpebre
	To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

	segnalare
	to send a signal with a lighting device

ammiccamento

battere gli occhi

occhiata

sbattere

Altri significati:

blink (one’s eyes)

To send a signal with a lighting device.

To flash on and off. Cursors, insertion points, menu choices, warning messages, and other displays on a computer screen that are intended to catch the eye are often made to blink. The rate of blinking in a graphical user interface can sometimes be controlled by the user.

The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

To make a quick wink of one or both eyelids, often repeatedly.

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

To flash headlights on a car.

(hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes

(to) blink

To flash on and off at regular intervals.

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.