blink – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of blink

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blink
Participle: blinked
Gerund: blinking

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iblink
youblink
he;she;itblinks
weblink
youblink
theyblink

Perfect

Ihave blinked
youhave blinked
he;she;ithas blinked
wehave blinked
youhave blinked
theyhave blinked

Past

Iblinked
youblinked
he;she;itblinked
weblinked
youblinked
theyblinked

Pluperfect

Ihad blinked
youhad blinked
he;she;ithad blinked
wehad blinked
youhad blinked
theyhad blinked

Future

Iwill blink
youwill blink
he;she;itwill blink
wewill blink
youwill blink
theywill blink

Future Perfect

Iwill have blinked
youwill have blinked
he;she;itwill have blinked
wewill have blinked
youwill have blinked
theywill have blinked

Subjunctive

Present

Iblink
youblink
he;she;itblink
weblink
youblink
theyblink

Perfect

Ihave blinked
youhave blinked
he;she;ithave blinked
wehave blinked
youhave blinked
theyhave blinked

Imperfect

Iblinked
youblinked
he;she;itblinked
weblinked
youblinked
theyblinked

Pluperfect

Ihad blinked
youhad blinked
he;she;ithad blinked
wehad blinked
youhad blinked
theyhad blinked

Conditional

Present

Iwould blink
youwould blink
he;she;itwould blink
wewould blink
youwould blink
theywould blink

Perfect

Iwould have blinked
youwould have blinked
he;she;itwould have blinked
wewould have blinked
youwould have blinked
theywould have blinked

Imperative

youblink
weLet's blink
youblink

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam blinking
youare blinking
he;she;itis blinking
weare blinking
youare blinking
theyare blinking

Perfect

Ihave been blinking
youhave been blinking
he;she;ithas been blinking
wehave been blinking
youhave been blinking
theyhave been blinking

Past

Iwas blinking
youwere blinking
he;she;itwas blinking
wewere blinking
youwere blinking
theywere blinking

Pluperfect

Ihad been blinking
youhad been blinking
he;she;ithad been blinking
wehad been blinking
youhad been blinking
theyhad been blinking

Future

Iwill be blinking
youwill be blinking
he;she;itwill be blinking
wewill be blinking
youwill be blinking
theywill be blinking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been blinking
youwill have been blinking
he;she;itwill have been blinking
wewill have been blinking
youwill have been blinking
theywill have been blinking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be blinking
youwould be blinking
he;she;itwould be blinking
wewould be blinking
youwould be blinking
theywould be blinking

Perfect

Iwould have been blinking
youwould have been blinking
he;she;itwould have been blinking
wewould have been blinking
youwould have been blinking
theywould have been blinking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'blink'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'blink'

blank, blenk, blick, blin, blind, boink, clink, link, plink, slink,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wink
squint, flicker, flutter, nictitate, twinkle
flicker
glint, glimmer, twinkle, gleam, sparkle
flinch
wince, recoil

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1590, from M.Du. blinken "to glitter," of uncertain origin (possibly akin to bleach; cf. Ger. blinken "to gleam, sparkle, twinkle"). M.E. used blekne in this sense, related to blench (q.v.).
2. From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”).
3. Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak. See: English 'blench', Dutch 'blinken', German, old spelling 'blinken', Danish 'blinke', Swedish 'blinka'.

Verbs referencing "blink"

Luxembourgish blénken, Norwegian blunke, Frisian, Saterlandic blinkje.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] the windows, approachable by stairs or rather ladders from the street. There are queer little barbers ’ shops and drinking-houses too, in this quarter; and abundance of crazy old tenements with blinking casements, such as may be seen in Flanders. Some of these ancient habitations, with high garret gable-windows perking into the roofs, have a kind of French shrug about them; and being lop-sided [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Topsy came up; her round, hard eyes glittering and blinking with a mixture of apprehensiveness and their usual odd drollery. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)