# eyeblink

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
2. A moment (a very short period of time).

## Etymology
From eye + blink. Cognate with Afrikaans oomblik, Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, German Low German Ogenblick.

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