Meaning of blinky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of eyes or people/animals: blinking repeatedly, prone to blink.
2. flickery, prone to flicker or flash (of lights, shining objects)
3. Of milk: turned somewhat sour.
   US, dialectal

Examples

“She sat stuffed into a small chair and listened with an intense and very blinky sort⟳ of concentration.”

“The door of the cabin creaked. Smith's blinky eye peeped out to see⟳ if he had dreamed us.”

“He was a literature professor, neurotic and blinky behind his glasses […]”

“She struck a match⟳ and relighted the candle and everyone looked at each other by its winky, blinky light⟳.”

“[…] the rosary beads that hung from her belt like⟳ a zoot-suiter's key chain were blinky bright […]”

“No proper place⟳ for cooling milk in summer meant not only blinky milk unfit to drink⟳, but no sweet cream for the cream jug that most of them had, and neither good butter nor buttermilk could come⟳ from milk not properly cooled.”

“She took a swallow⟳ of milk and made a face⟳. "This milk is blinky." Mrs. Willet frowned. 'It shouldn't be. I just got it yesterday." She opened the top of the icebox and looked into the ice compartment. She groaned. "The block⟳ of ice I got yesterday is almost melted."”

“I mean⟳ really, who needs a date⟳ stamped on the jug to tell⟳ you when milk has gone bad? It’s got a built-in warning system. First, you get⟳ that little whang in the taste⟳. It’s gone blinky. Time to think⟳ about getting more.”

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