# blick

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #72,136

## Definitions
1. To shine, gleam.
2. To make, or cause to make, a soft, crisp sound.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blick