Blink vs. Pink — What's the Difference?
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Blink
To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
Pink
Pink is a color that is a pale tint of red and is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century.
Blink
To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking
Stood blinking at the money they found in the drawer.
Blinked at the results of the experiment.
Pink
Of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon
Her face was pink with embarrassment
Bright pink lipstick
Blink
To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint
Blinked at the page trying to make out the letters.
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Pink
Having or showing left-wing tendencies
Pink politicians
Blink
To give off light with intermittent gleams; flash on and off
"blazing neon signs, brilliant shop windows, decorations blinking across the fronts of half-finished tower blocks" (Jess Row).
Pink
Of or associated with homosexuals
A boom in the pink economy
The pink pound
Blink
To pretend to be ignorant of; disregard or condone
A mayor who refused to blink at corruption.
Pink
Pink colour, pigment, or material
Soft pastel shades of pink and blue
Blink
To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills
"This was the first genuine, direct confrontation between this administration and the Soviets. It was the U.S.A. that blinked" (Zbigniew Brzezinski).
Pink
The best condition or degree
The economy is not in the pink of health
Blink
To cause to blink
Blinked his eyes to clear his vision.
Pink
A herbaceous Eurasian plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves.
Blink
To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking
Blinked back the tears.
Pink
A small square-rigged sailing ship, typically with a narrow, overhanging stern.
Blink
To refuse to recognize or face
Blink ugly facts.
Pink
A yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base.
Blink
To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.
Pink
Become pink
Cheryl's cheeks pinked with sudden excitement
Blink
The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.
Pink
Shear (a sheep) so closely that the colour of the skin is visible
McFowler pinked every sheep and never drew blood
Blink
An instant
I'll be back in a blink.
Pink
Cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on
I pinked the edge of the fabric
Blink
(Scots) A quick look or glimpse; a glance.
Pink
Decorate
April pinked the earth with flowers
Blink
A flash of light; a twinkle.
Pink
(of a vehicle engine) make a series of rattling sounds as a result of over-rapid combustion of the fuel–air mixture in the cylinders
The car was inclined to pink slightly in accelerating from a low engine speed
Blink
See iceblink.
Pink
Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.
Blink
(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
Pink
Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as sweet William, often cultivated for their showy, fragrant, usually pink, red, or white flowers. Also called dianthus.
Blink
(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
She blinked her tears away.
Pink
Any of several other plants in the pink family, such as the wild pink.
Blink
To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
Pink
A flower of any of these plants.
Blink
To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
Pink
The highest or best degree
In the pink of health.
Blink
To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
Pink
Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by US Army officers.
Blink
To glance.
Pink
The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.
Blink
To flash on and off at regular intervals.
The blinking text on the screen was distracting.
Pink
(Slang)A pinko.
Blink
To flash headlights on a car at.
An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them.
Pink
A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.
Blink
To send a signal with a lighting device.
Don't come to the door until I blink twice.
Pink
Of the color pink.
Blink
(hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
Pink
(Slang)Having moderately leftist political opinions.
Blink
(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
To blink the question
Pink
To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.
Blink
To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
Pink
To decorate with a perforated pattern.
Blink
To teleport, mostly for short distances.
Pink
To cut with pinking shears.
Blink
The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
Pink
(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
Blink
(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
Pink
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
Blink
(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
Pink
A narrow boat.
Blink
A glimpse or glance.
Pink
(obsolete) A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.
Blink
Gleam; glimmer; sparkle
Pink
(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.
Blink
(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
Pink
(obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.
Blink
Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
Pink
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
Blink
(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
Pink
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
Blink
To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.
Pink
(color) The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
Blink
To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
Pink
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
Blink
To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
The sun blinked fair on pool and stream .
Pink
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
Blink
To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
Pink
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
Blink
To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
Pink
(slang) The vagina or vulva.
Blink
To trick; to deceive.
Pink
(historical) Any of various lake#Etymology 4 pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
Blink
A glimpse or glance.
This is the first blink that ever I had of him.
Pink
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
Blink
Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
Not a blink of light was there.
Pink
To prick with a sword.
Blink
The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
Pink
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
Blink
Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
Pink
(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
Blink
A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Pink
(transitive) To turn (something) pink.
Blink
Briefly shut the eyes;
The TV announcer never seems to blink
Pink
(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
Blink
Force to go away by blinking;
Blink away tears
Pink
Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
Blink
Gleam or glow intermittently;
The lights were flashing
Pink
Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
Pink
(obsolete) To wink; to blink.
Pink
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Pink
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Pink
Having conjunctivitis.
Pink
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
Pink
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
Pink job
Pink
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
The pink economy
Pink pound
Pink dollar
Pink triangle
Pink
(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
Pink
A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.
Pink
A stab.
Pink
A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
Pink
A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; - so called from the common color of the flower.
Pink
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
Pink
The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
Pink
To wink; to blink.
Pink
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
Pink
To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
Pink
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Pink
Half-shut; winking.
Pink
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
Pink
A light shade of red
Pink
Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
Pink
Make light, repeated taps on a surface;
He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
Pink
Sound like a car engine that is firing too early;
The car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
Pink
Cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
Pink
Of a light shade of red
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