Etymology

From a- +‎ blinkCategory:English terms prefixed with a-#BLINK.

Adjective

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1. Blinking; filled or covered (with things that are blinking).
   • 1912, Saki, “Sredni Vashtar”, in The Chronicles of Clovis‎, London: John Lane, pages 100–101:

     […] out through that doorway came a long, low, yellow-and-brown beast, with eyes a-blink at the waning daylight […]

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   • 1973, Poul Anderson, chapter 3, in Hrolf Kraki’s Saga‎, New York: Ballantine Books, page 49:

     The fog lifted quite suddenly toward the evening—and there were those lean hulls, ablink with mail and spears […]

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   • 1999, Burt Kearns, chapter 7, in Tabloid Baby‎, Nashville: Celebrity Books, page 94:

     Emergency flashers ablink, I drove alongside the long queue to the gas pumps.

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