"blinking" meaning in English

See blinking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-blinking.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} blinking (not comparable)
  1. That blinks. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (that blinks): winking
    Sense id: en-blinking-en-adj-1aLyvRGe Disambiguation of 'that blinks': 99 1
  2. (UK, euphemistic, slang) bloody Tags: UK, euphemistic, not-comparable, slang Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms (euphemism: bloody): blasted Translations (Translations): paetus (Latin)
    Sense id: en-blinking-en-adj-Heg0Qt6h Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 6 81 11 2 Categories (other): British English, English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 67 24 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 58 23 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 58 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 67 23 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 74 15 3 Disambiguation of 'euphemism: bloody': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blimming, blooming

Noun

Audio: En-au-blinking.ogg Forms: blinkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} blinking (plural blinkings)
  1. The act of something that blinks. Derived forms: blinkingly, nonblinking, photoblinking, unblinking
    Sense id: en-blinking-en-noun-JwxF0HSY

Verb

Audio: En-au-blinking.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blinking
  1. present participle and gerund of blink Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blink
    Sense id: en-blinking-en-verb-YCylWoOp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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