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Etymology

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

Noun

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eyeblink (plural eyeblinks)

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

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