Blink
Blink verb - To shine with light at regular intervals.
Watch
Watch verb - To keep one's eyes on.
Usage example: I turned my head to continue watching the bird as it flew away
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Celebrity Cameo: Among other people, the members of blink-182 watch Jim and Nadia's webcast.
Source: Film / American Pie -
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 - Use Brave to have your fastest character cast two Crescent Moons and watch them all go down before they can even blink.
Source: Game Breaker / Bravely Default
Cite this Source
Watch and Blink. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/watch
Blink & Watch. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/watch>.
Watch or Blink. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/watch.
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