Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: blinking
IPA transcription: [bl'ɪŋkɪŋ]
Pronunciations of blinking
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blink, eye_blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation
    Meaning: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Usage examples
  • He sat up, rubbing his eyes and blinking in the strong morning light.
  • "I knew there was something else," said Mrs. Sheridan, blinking over a yawn.
  • Again the blinking switch caught him, but he shrugged away its evil suggestiveness.
  • "I guess not," answered Tad, rubbing the sand from his eyes and blinking vigorously.
  • Meanwhile, Louis stood behind, with his hands on his sides, a smile in his blinking eyes.
  • So presently he climbed back on to his big green lily-pad, blinking his great, goggly eyes and looking just a wee bit foolish.
  • Here they lolled, blinking their hideous eyes, and doubtless conversing with one another in their sixth-sense-fourth-dimension language.
  • "College boys!" cried his lordship, winking and blinking, as other less majestic mortals do when awakened suddenly out of their morning sleep.
  • Miss Baker paused, looking at him over her shoulder, her eyes very wide open, blinking through her tears, for all the world like a frightened child.
  • Then, hoping to forget his woes in sleep, he nestled under the low-growing branches of the pine, and lay blinking drowsily at the twilight world outside.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Smashing Pumpkins, License CC BY-SA 4.0