Synonyms for on the blink
on the blink

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1. on the blinkadjective

   functioning erratically, malfunctioning; not working or not working well. Usually refers to a mechanical or electrical device.

   My toaster is on the blink, making either charcoal or cold bread.

   Synonyms:
   on the fritz

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1. Tufts Center for Regenerative:

   You can turn on the light, in this case it's blue light, and you blink this blue light at this tumor, I believe it's 24 hours, and the tumor goes away.

2. Patrick Swayze:

   I tried to have champagne, and it would be like pouring acid, you know, on an open wound, my indigestion issues got gigantic and constant. And then I started thinking, I'm getting skinny. I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. And then when you see it in the mirror, when all of a sudden, you pull your eyes down and the bottom( s) of your eyes go yellow and jaundice sets in — then you know something's wrong.

3. Ray Catalano:

   If you start to change the environment relatively quickly -- within 100, 150 years ; in evolutionary time, that's a blink of the eye -- what that means is that you're going to change the environment in which human gestations occur.

4. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   The way that I miss you is like heavy rain drenching every inch of my body, and when I am dry again and forget you I miss missing you, until tears fill my eyes and I blink too fast to remember you until your face flashes before my eyes.

5. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   When a very bright light shines in our face, we blink. We close our eyes. The light is still there, but our eyes reject it because it is too much for them. On the first Easter day, even the apostles and Jesus’ close friends blinked. It took a while to recognize him and to realize what had happened. It was too much to believe until the Lord pressed them with the evidence. Once convinced, they testified to Jesus’ resurrection even at the cost of their lives.