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blicking

blicking is the present participle and gerund of blick.

Meaning of blick

Verb (1)

blick (third-person singular simple present blicks, present participle blicking, simple past and past participle blicked)

  1. (transitive) To shine, gleam.
    • Shirley Steynes Bluey took a deep breath as he entered the main street; nothing new under the sun-lamp as white pinks blicked across the street in a line of heat-glazed asterisks1978, Michael Wilding, The Tabloid Story Pocket Book, page 82
  2. (ambitransitive, nonce-word) To make, or cause to make, a soft, crisp sound.
    • The recorder blicked off, and the tape hissed to the end of the reel in silence.1988, Sheila Radley, The chief inspector's daughter, page 171

Verb (2)

blick (third-person singular simple present blicks, present participle blicking, simple past and past participle blicked)

  1. (intransitive) Of gold or silver, to exhibit blick.
    • When the cupellation is nearly finished, a play of colors is seen, and the button [sc. of silver] suddenly brightens or “blicks,” and becomes white, and is free from lead.1870, Karl Remigius Fresenius, System of instruction in quantitative chemical analysis, § 226, page 530

Verb (3)

blick (third-person singular simple present blicks, present participle blicking, simple past and past participle blicked)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive) To shoot up (fire bullets at).
    • Thinkin' like Roddy, got a stick in the box (Roddy) / Hide in another car, we just blickin' the opps (Bah)2023 May 24, “Bounce”, PGF Nuk (lyrics)

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Questions about blicking

What is blicking the present participle and gerund of?
Blicking is the present participle and gerund of blick.

Words near blicking in the dictionary

  1. blicket
  2. blickets
  3. blickey
  4. blickeys
  5. blickies
  6. blicking
  7. Blickling
  8. blicks
  9. blicky
  10. Blida
  11. Blidcha

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