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   blink

   /blɪŋk/

   verb

   • 1. shut and open the eyes quickly: "I blinked in astonishment" Similar shut and openflutterflickerwinkbattechnical:nictitatenictate
   • ▪ try to control or prevent tears by blinking: "Elizabeth blinked back tears"
   • ▪ react to (something) with surprise or disapproval: "he doesn't blink at the unsavoury aspects of his subject" Similar be surprisedlook twicebe startledbe shockedinformal:boggle
   • ▪ back down from a confrontation: "the government blinked only after losing 46 of the first 48 hearings"
   • 2. (of a light) flash on and off in a regular or intermittent way: "the car's right-hand indicator was blinking" Similar flashflickertwinklewaverwinkscintillateglintglimmerglittershine (intermittently)

   noun

   • 1. an act of shutting and opening the eyes very quickly: "he was observing her every blink"
   • ▪ a moment's hesitation: "Feargal would have given her all this without a blink"
   • 2. a momentary gleam of light: "out on the marshes there was a blink of light"

   Word Origin Middle English: from blenk, Scots variant of blench, reinforced by Middle Dutch blinken ‘to shine’. Early senses included ‘deceive’, ‘flinch’ (compare with blench), and also ‘open the eyes after sleep’: hence blink (sense 1 of the verb) (mid 16th century).

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   Why do people Blink excessively?

   • People blink excessively for a variety of reasons. The biological function of blinking is to lubricate the eyeballs to keep them moist. When our eyes become dry due to irritation, eyestrain, or contact lenses, we blink more. In addition, excessive blinking is caused by some medical conditions and treatments such as:

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   What is a blink frequency?

   • Blink frequency is defined as the number of blinks per minute and it is associated with eye irritation. Blink frequencies are individual with mean frequencies of < 2–3 to 20–30 blinks/minute, and they depend on environmental factors including the use of contact lenses.

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   What does it mean if you blink excessively out of anxiety?

   • Blinking excessively out of anxiety is the mind’s way of saying, “We need to run away. The future looks dangerous”. Other body language cues that support this interpretation are nail-biting and foot or hand tapping. One may also blink excessively when they’re nervous. Nervousness is anxiety in the present moment.

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   Why do people Blink a lot when talking?

   • Similarly, people who have difficulty expressing themselves in conversations also experience mental discomfort and are likely to blink excessively. Other body language cues that support this interpretation are irregular speech, looking away (for mental processing), and rubbing the forehead. 2. Anxiety and nervousness

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   4 days ago · There are two major measures of eye irritation. One is blink frequency, which can be observed by human behavior. The other measures are break up time, tear flow, hyperemia (redness, swelling), tear fluid cytology, and epithelial damage (vital stains) etc., which are human beings' physiological reactions.

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   4 days ago · People blink excessively for a variety of reasons. The biological function of blinking is to lubricate the eyeballs to keep them moist. When our eyes become dry due to irritation, eyestrain, or contact lenses, we blink more.

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   2 days ago · For brows that require more shape and definition, the Longwear Brow Tint (Hybrid Brows) is a tint-stain hybrid that dyes every brow hair while also staining the skin with expert precision to create fuller, bolder brows. Available at all Blink Brow Bar locations nationwide.

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   1 day ago · It defines the content and structure of web content. It is often assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScript . Web browsers receive HTML documents from a web server or from local storage and render the documents into multimedia web pages.

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   3 days ago · Enema of the State is the third studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released on June 1, 1999, by MCA Records.

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   2 days ago · BLINK, short for "Blockchain Link," is a mechanism that allows users to execute blockchain transactions directly from URLs, transforming any web surface into a potential interface for interacting with decentralized applications (dApps). Essentially, BLINK takes a Solana Action, which is an API for constructing transaction messages, and converts ...

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   5 days ago · BLNK:NAQ. Actions. Consumer Discretionary Automobiles and Parts. Price (USD) 3.48. Today's Change 0.18 / 5.45% Shares traded 6.93m. 1 Year change -48.06% Beta 2.7397. Data delayed at least 15...