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blinking

blinking adjective: that blinks. Also the present participle and gerund of blink.

Adjective

blinking (not comparable)

  1. That blinks.
    • a blinking light
    Synonyms:
    winking
  2. (UK, euphemistic, slang) bloody
    • The blinking telly isn't working again.
    • It's right here in the blinkin' papers! Pictures and all!1961, 101 Dalmatians
    Synonyms:
    blasted

Noun

blinking (plural blinkings)

  1. The act of something that blinks.
    • the steady blinkings of lights on the console

Also used as

blinking is also the present participle and gerund of blink.

blinking meaning in Punjabi and Gujarati

blinking in Punjabi

ਝਪਕਣਾ

blinking in Gujarati

ઝબકવું, ઝબૂકવું

Synonyms of blinking

Forms of blinking

pluralblinkings

Words formed from blinking

Phrases with blinking

Words that rhyme with blinking

Questions about blinking

What does blinking mean?
Blinking means that blinks.
What is blinking in Punjabi?
Blinking in Punjabi is ਝਪਕਣਾ. See Blinking meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is blinking?
Blinking can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near blinking in the dictionary

  1. blinkie
  2. blinkies
  3. blinkily
  4. blinkin'
  5. blinkiness
  6. blinking
  7. blinking first
  8. blinkingly
  9. blinkings
  10. blinkle
  11. blinkled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blinking (page history and authors); blinking (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blinking (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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