blink
     n : a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: {eye
         blink}, {blinking}, {wink}, {winking}, {nictitation}, {nictation}]
     v 1: briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to
          blink" [syn: {wink}, {nictitate}, {nictate}]
     2: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn: {wink},
         {blink away}]
     3: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
        [syn: {flash}, {wink}, {twinkle}, {winkle}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

blink vi.,n. To use a navigator or off-line message reader to minimize
   time spent on-line to a commercial network service (a necessity in many
   places outside the U.S. where the telecoms monopolies charge per-minute
   for local calls). This term attained wide use in the UK, but is rare or
   unknown in the US.


Source: The Jargon File