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So, yes, 100K "defective" displays might go out the door in the blink of an eye.

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Quick take

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of blink gathered in one view.

noun

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

verb

briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

verb

force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blink.

noun

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

See also: blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation

verb

briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

verb

force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"

verb

gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"

Example sentences

So, yes, 100K "defective" displays might go out the door in the blink of an eye.

Thank god we can finally blink non-text elements.

If someone made this claim in France, or Germany, or Japan, nobody would even blink.

I would definitely recommend you check out the "Intent to Implement/Ship" threads [1] on blink-dev.

Given all the JavaScript- and Flash-based assaults on the eye today, the blink tag seems charmingly benign.

Eliminating <blink> changes the existing content of the web.

Considering what businesses pay for a service like basecamp, they aren't going to blink if you charge them, say, $250 instead of $45 if the software is good.

This life is but a breath or, as my 100-year-old grandmother said shortly before she passed on, everything that she had experienced to that point was "but a blink.

Several years ago I visited a site that purported to have discovered the only acceptable use for the blink tag: Schrdinger's cat is <blink>not</blink> dead.

It's an amazing place that can make and crush people in the blink of an eye, so in the end, it's really up to what kind of person you are and what kind of lifestyle you want to pursue.

Its presence on a page says something to the viewer - not something technical but something cultural.<blink>'s removal does not make the web richer or more meaningful.

Whenever I read one of these TC articles claiming that apparent conflicts of interest are laughable, I'm amazed, mainly because I accept the claim for a couple of paragraphs before I blink several times and wonder, what on earth am I thinking?!