eyeblink

== English == === Etymology === From eye +‎ blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick. === Pronunciation === === Noun === eyeblink (plural eyeblinks) An act of blinking one's eyelids one time. (idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time). Synonyms: bat of an eye, blink of an eye; see also Thesaurus:moment ==== Translations ====