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blinking

[ bling-king ]

adjective

Chiefly British.
  1. (used as an intensifier):

    He's a blinking idiot.



blinking

/ ˈɪŋɪŋ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    (intensifier)

    a blinking fool

    a blinking good film

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԰iԲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blinking1

First recorded in 1910–15; blink + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

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"I wanted a positive representation of losing weight online because it's all about this blinking jab," she says, referring to weight loss injections.

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The cover of Austin Kelley’s debut novel, “The Fact Checker,” will be immediately recognizable to a certain type of person: Ah, the New Yorker, they might think, before blinking and realizing that it isn’t.

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Lucy Dacus sits at a picnic table in Elysian Park blinking against the sun on a windy afternoon in early March.

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When he was first injured he could only communicate by blinking and clicking, and his injury is the worst level of tetraplegia – paralysed from the neck down and on a ventilator.

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Round eyes blinking on the screen, it began rearranging the pieces to start a new game as it continued in Mandarin: "I've seen your ability, I will do better next time."

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