Example: "He stood blinking in the bright sunlight"
To close one's eyes in sleep.
To close one's eyes.
Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (when transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
Example: "He winked at me. she winked her eye. he winked his assent."
To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.