Associations to the word «Blinking»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BLINKING, adjective. That or who blinks or blink.
BLINKING, adjective. (UK) (euphemism) (slang) bloody
BLINKING, verb. Present participle of blink
BLINKING, noun. The act of something that blinks.
Dictionary definition
BLINKING, noun. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.
BLINKING, adjective. Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight".
BLINKING, adjective. Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.