The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - blink v.

1) wink, flicker, Technical nictitate: She blinked in the strong light. 2) twinkle, flicker, gleam, glimmer, shimmer, flash, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate: A billion stars blinked in the wintry sky. 3) flinch, wince, shrink, quail, blench, recoil, start, move: She didn't even blink when she had the injection. 4) blink at. wink at, ignore, overlook, disregard: That inspector has been known to blink at health violations. --n. 5) wink, flicker: He switched the cards in the blink of an eye. 6) on the blink. Colloq out of order, broken, in disrepair, not working or operating, not operational, Slang US out of whack, on the fritz: The fridge is on the blink again.