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blinkies

blinkies is the plural of blinkie.

blinkies is the plural of blinky.

Meaning of blinkie

Noun

blinkie (plural blinkies)

  1. (Internet) A small animated graphic for use on a web page, usually taking the form of a picture or phrase with blinking lights around it.
    • The buddyicon.info Web site offers thousands of AIM buddy icons (28838 by my most recent count), as well as "away" icons and "blinkies" […]2007, Lisa Nakamura, Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet
  2. (colloquial) A coupon dispenser with blinking lights to draw the attention of shoppers.
    • These are blinkies. When you walk up to them there is usually a coupon sticking out. Snag the coupon and another one just like it will pop out in a few seconds. Blinkies have a special place in my heart.2013, Kasey Knight Trenum, Couponing for the Rest of Us

Meaning of blinky

Noun

blinky (plural blinkies)

  1. in digital photography, a flashing pixel.
    • Blinkies visually indicate the areas of a photograph where the exposure is beyond the range of the film.

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Questions about blinkies

What is blinkies the plural of?
Blinkies is the plural of blinkie.

Words near blinkies in the dictionary

  1. blinkering
  2. blinkers
  3. blinkest
  4. blinketh
  5. blinkie
  6. blinkies
  7. blinkily
  8. blinkin'
  9. blinkiness
  10. blinking
  11. blinking first

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blinkies (page history and authors); blinkie (page history and authors); blinky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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