"blinkle" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From blink + -le (frequentative suffix).",
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      "form": "blinkles",
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        {
          "ref": "1791, Presbyterio-Catholicon",
          "text": "Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1871, Jean Charles Du Boys, The Countess of Monte-Cristo",
          "text": "His eyes perpetually blinkling after the fashion of near-sighted people, and an in convenient deafness, which furnished a good pretext to call for a repetition when he did not choose to hear, and a stammering which admitted of reflection when it was necessary, [...]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1897, Annie Fellows Johnston, Ole Mammy's Torment",
          "text": "The silence brought John Jay to his senses. He crawled along the aisle and out of the door, blinkling like an owl as he came into the blinding sunshine.",
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        {
          "ref": "1915, Howard Roger Garis, Uncle Wiggily Longears",
          "text": "There came a twinkle into his red eyes, and even his nose blinkled and twinkled, [...]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Remus Luca, Ana Nucu",
          "text": "On a bench near the wall, Ion Hurdubet and Petrea Nucu were waiting for their wives: Ion's eyelids were blinkling wearily.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Charlee Jacob, The Indigo People: A Vampire Collection",
          "text": "They didn't wheeze from internal motion nor blinkle from synapses throbbing on impulse power. But they were cold—initially. Diamond veins traced just below a mesh that convinced of suppleness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Lori Z. Scott, Meghan Rose All Dressed Up",
          "text": "Because when her eyes twinkle and blinkle with excitement, her wrinkles crinkle up into a smile.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Joan Wolf, The Poisoned Serpent",
          "text": "The two women on horseback passed by directly in front of Alan, and for a moment he could have sworn that the Lady Elizabeth looked directly into his eyes. He blinkled, utterly dazzled. Her eyes were a brilliant green.",
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        "To blink repeatedly"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪŋkəl"
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        "third-person"
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        {
          "ref": "1791, Presbyterio-Catholicon",
          "text": "Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1871, Jean Charles Du Boys, The Countess of Monte-Cristo",
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        {
          "ref": "1897, Annie Fellows Johnston, Ole Mammy's Torment",
          "text": "The silence brought John Jay to his senses. He crawled along the aisle and out of the door, blinkling like an owl as he came into the blinding sunshine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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        },
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        },
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          "ref": "2007, Charlee Jacob, The Indigo People: A Vampire Collection",
          "text": "They didn't wheeze from internal motion nor blinkle from synapses throbbing on impulse power. But they were cold—initially. Diamond veins traced just below a mesh that convinced of suppleness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "text": "Because when her eyes twinkle and blinkle with excitement, her wrinkles crinkle up into a smile.",
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          "ref": "2009, Joan Wolf, The Poisoned Serpent",
          "text": "The two women on horseback passed by directly in front of Alan, and for a moment he could have sworn that the Lady Elizabeth looked directly into his eyes. He blinkled, utterly dazzled. Her eyes were a brilliant green.",
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        "To blink repeatedly"
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