Past tense of blink
regular verb
The past tense of blink is blinked. The past participle is also blinked.
Forms of blink
| Base form (V1) | blink /ˈblɪŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blinked |
| Past participle (V3) | blinked |
| Present participle | blinking |
| Third person singular | blinks /blɪŋks/ |
Blinked in a sentence
- She blinked her tears away.
- I blinked away my tears and just idled away the morning.From the entry away
- After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.From the entry strike
- She blinked rapidly several times, then her chin lifted slightly and her eyes rolled back.2022 October 13, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue. Were Concussions to Blame?”, in The New York Times Magazine. From the entry absence seizure
- Blinked again, a slow narrowing and release of eyelids, an entirely evaluatory expression.2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 59. From the entry evaluatory
Meaning of blink
- verb To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- verb To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
- verb To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
Questions about the past tense of blink
- What is the past tense of blink?
- The past tense of blink is blinked.
- What is the past participle of blink?
- The past participle of blink is blinked.
- Is blink a regular or irregular verb?
- Blink is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blink (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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