ablink

English

Etymology

a- +‎ blink

Adjective

ablink (not comparable)

  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 […]
    • 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 […]
    • 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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