Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blink \Blink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blinking}.] [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka,
   G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to
   shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken
   to look, glance, AS. bl[=i]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98.
   See {Bleak}; cf. 1st {Blench}.]
   1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

            One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. --Pope

   2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with
      frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

            Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to
      flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

            The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

            The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

Source : WordNet®

blinking
     n : a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: {blink},
          {eye blink}, {wink}, {winking}, {nictitation}, {nictation}]

blinking
     adj 1: off-and-on; "the blinking signal light"
     2: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood
        blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: {winking}]
     3: (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or
        blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore";
        "you flaming idiot" [syn: {bally(a)}, {blinking(a)}, {bloody(a)},
         {blooming(a)}, {crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)}, {fucking(a)}]