"blink of an eye" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-blink of an eye.ogg Forms: blinks of an eye [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|blinks of an eye}} blink of an eye (usually uncountable, plural blinks of an eye)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "moment (a very short period of time)",
      "word": "an"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oygnblik",
      "sense": "moment (a very short period of time)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אויגנבליק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blink of an eye"
}

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