Meanings
nouneyeblink (plural eyeblinks)
plural eyeblinks
- An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
- idiomaticA moment (a very short period of time).
Synonyms: bat of an eye, blink of an eye, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, flash, glimpse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA moment (a very short period of time).
Origin
From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans oomblik
- oomblikmoment (a very short period of time)
Arabic رَمْشَة
- رَمْشَة (ramša)act of blinking one's eyelids one time
Bulgarian мигане, примигване
- мигане (migane)act of blinking one's eyelids one time
- примигване (primigvane)act of blinking one's eyelids one time
Chinese Mandarin 眨眼, 瞬間 /瞬间
- 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn)moment (a very short period of time)
- 瞬間 /瞬间 (shùnjiān)moment (a very short period of time)
Danish blink, øjeblik
- blinkact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- øjeblikmoment (a very short period of time)
Dutch ogenblik
- ogenblikmoment (a very short period of time)
Finnish silmänräpäys, silmänräpäytys
- silmänräpäysact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- silmänräpäytysact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- silmänräpäysmoment (a very short period of time)
French clignement, clin d'œil
- clignementact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- clin d'œilmoment (a very short period of time)
German (schneller) Blick der Augen, Wimpernschlag
- (schneller) Blick der Augenact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Wimpernschlagact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Lidschlagact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Augenschlagact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Blinzelnact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Augenblickact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- Augenblickmoment (a very short period of time)
- Wimpernschlagmoment (a very short period of time)
- Augenschlagmoment (a very short period of time)
Hindi पलक
- पलक (palak)moment (a very short period of time)
Hungarian szempillantás
- szempillantásmoment (a very short period of time)
Italian battito di ciglia
- battito di cigliaact of blinking one's eyelids one time
Japanese 瞬目, あっという間
- 瞬目 (shunmoku, shunboku, mabataki)moment (a very short period of time)
- あっという間 (a-tto iu ma)moment (a very short period of time)
Korean 눈깜박임, 한순간
- 눈깜박임 (nunkkambagim)act of blinking one's eyelids one time
- 한순간 (hansun'gan)moment (a very short period of time)
Norwegian Bokmål øyeblikk
- øyeblikkmoment (a very short period of time)
Polish okamgnienie
- okamgnieniemoment (a very short period of time)
Portuguese piscada, piscadela
- piscadaact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- piscadelaact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- piscar de olhosmoment (a very short period of time)
Romanian clipire, clipit
- clipireact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- clipitact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- clipămoment (a very short period of time)
- clipitămoment (a very short period of time)
Russian морга́ние, мига́ние
- морга́ние (morgánije)act of blinking one's eyelids one time
- мига́ние (migánije)act of blinking one's eyelids one time
- мгнове́ние о́ка (mgnovénije óka)moment (a very short period of time)
- мгнове́ние (mgnovénije)moment (a very short period of time)
Swedish blink, blink
- blinkact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- blinkact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- ögonblickmoment (a very short period of time)
Turkish göz kırpma, an
- göz kırpmaact of blinking one's eyelids one time
- anmoment (a very short period of time)
Urdu پلک
- پلکmoment (a very short period of time)
Yiddish אויגנבליק
- אויגנבליק (oygnblik)moment (a very short period of time)
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APA
eyeblink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeblink
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“eyeblink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeblink. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyeblink,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeblink.
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