blinks

/ blɪŋks /

noun

functioning as singular a small temperate portulacaceous plant, Montia fontana with small white flowers

Origin of blinks¹

C19: from blink , because the flowers do not fully open and thus seem to blink at the light

New York blinks in the face of uncertainty and bans hydraulic fracturing.

CLAIRE: (blinks rapidly) But Francis, we have the Paws and Purrsonality pancake breakfast next week.

“Boehner Blinks,” declared a recent headline in The Washington Post.

One chamber has passed legislation, and the other is waging an ideological showdown in hopes that the other side blinks.

And it may be who blinks rather than who shuts the government down that matters most.

Poor fellow, he twists his mouth, winks and blinks, and does not know what to do with his hands.

On the other hand, it blinks the question of ἔτη or anni as the parts of a sarus.

When she holds her head crooked like that and blinks her eyes it means that she is wandering and deep in her thoughts.

A similar loss is experienced by the eye, in daily life, when it blinks.

The cat blinks sleepily in the sunshine and dreams of a future unmarred by suds and a slippery foothold.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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