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eyeblink en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.

Meanings

1. An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
2. (idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).

Forms

Synonyms

New York second · blink of an eye · span · minute · while · New York minute · jiffy · trice · twinkling · bat of an eye · instant · blink of an eye · no time · twinkle · stound · bat of an eye · split-second · bit · tick · spurt · sec · second · mo · crack · eyeblink · glimpse · jiff · twink · half a mo · jot · flash · moment

Translations (60)

ur پلک (moment (a very short period of time)) · de Lidschlag (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ko 눈깜박임 (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · fi silmänräpäys (moment (a very short period of time)) · az qırpım (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · fi silmänräpäytys (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · pt piscar de olhos (moment (a very short period of time)) · nn augeblikk (moment (a very short period of time)) · nl ogenblik (moment (a very short period of time)) · ru мгнове́ние (moment (a very short period of time)) · ja 瞬目 (moment (a very short period of time)) · de Blinzeln (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · nds-de Ogenblick (moment (a very short period of time)) · it battito di ciglia (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · pl okamgnienie (moment (a very short period of time)) · nn augeblink (moment (a very short period of time)) · fi silmänräpäys (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · da øjeblik (moment (a very short period of time)) · sv blink (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ja あっという間 (moment (a very short period of time)) · tr göz kırpma (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · hu szempillantás (moment (a very short period of time)) · de Augenschlag (moment (a very short period of time)) · ro clipire (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · pt piscadela (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ko 한순간 (moment (a very short period of time)) · alt кӧс јумыш (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · nn augneblunk (moment (a very short period of time)) · ro clipită (moment (a very short period of time)) · sv ögonblick (moment (a very short period of time)) · sv blink (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · de Augenschlag (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ro clipit (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ru мига́ние (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ka ახამხამებს (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · nn augneblink (moment (a very short period of time)) · nn augneblikk (moment (a very short period of time)) · fr clin d'œil (moment (a very short period of time)) · pt piscada (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · bg примигване (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ro clipă (moment (a very short period of time)) · de (schneller) Blick der Augen (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · fr clignement (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · ru морга́ние (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · cmn 瞬間 /瞬间 (moment (a very short period of time)) · ar رَمْشَة (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · de Augenblick (moment (a very short period of time)) · af oomblik (moment (a very short period of time)) · de Wimpernschlag (moment (a very short period of time)) · de Wimpernschlag (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · da blink (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · yi אויגנבליק (moment (a very short period of time)) · bg мигане (act of blinking one's eyelids one time) · nn augeblunk (moment (a very short period of time)) · nb øyeblikk (moment (a very short period of time)) · ru мгнове́ние о́ка (moment (a very short period of time)) · cmn 眨眼 (moment (a very short period of time)) · tr an (moment (a very short period of time)) · hi पलक (moment (a very short period of time)) · de Augenblick (act of blinking one's eyelids one time)