blink vs scintillate

blink

verb
  • To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. 

  • To teleport, mostly for short distances. 

  • To close and reopen both eyes quickly. 

  • To flash headlights on a car at. 

  • To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk. 

  • To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc. 

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

  • To flash on and off at regular intervals. 

  • To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes. 

  • To send a signal with a lighting device. 

  • To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. 

  • To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response. 

noun
  • A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis. 

  • The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again. 

  • A glimpse or glance. 

  • An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances 

  • The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink 

  • gleam; glimmer; sparkle 

  • Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them. 

  • The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes. 

scintillate

verb
  • To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow. 

  • Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle. 

  • Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation. 

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