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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eyeblink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
eye-blink
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.

noun

A moment (a very short period of time).

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

eyeblinks (plural)

Synonyms

bat of an eye blink of an eye bit crack eyeblink flash glimpse half a mo instant jiff jiffy jot

Questions

What does eyeblink mean?
An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
Where does eyeblink come from?
From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.

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