ablink

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], Nashville: Celebrity Books, page 94:

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