Blink
Blink verb - To shine with light at regular intervals.
Start
Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Unfortunately for Zorak, the juices of his eyes start attracting wasps, which sting his eyeballs (And he STILL doesn't blink).
Source: Staring Contest -
You can only watch helplessly as it detonates in the atmosphere, and the lights on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States start to blink out.
Source: Wham Shot - In the historical blink of an eye-turret, the humans develop rocketry and start building space stations.
Source: Space Age Stasis
Cite this Source
Start and Blink. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/start
Blink & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/start>.
Start or Blink. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/start.
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