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blick

Pronunciation: /blɪk/

The English word “blick” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To shine, gleam.
  2. To make, or cause to make, a soft, crisp sound.
  3. Of gold or silver, to exhibit blick.
  4. To shoot up (fire bullets at).

noun

  1. The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.
  2. A sawed-off length of something.
  3. A pistol.

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic; perhaps an error for, or a nonce alteration of, blink or click; perhaps a continuation of Middle English bliken (compare blicker), which may have survived in dialect despite not being attested in print for 500 years.

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