Synonyms for blink of an eye
blink of an eye

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun

   a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

   "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

   Synonyms:
   nictitation, second, instant, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, heartbeat, minute, news bulletin, moment, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, pulsation, winking, flash bulb, wink, nictation, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink, fanfare, trice, twinkling

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. augenblicknoun

   german origin but commonly used in english.

   the day came around in an augenblick.

   Submitted by editor_2 on August 3, 2022  

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1. Nee Jackson:

   Pictures belongings, memorabilia, things that kids made when they were growing up, and at the blink of an eye that's all gone, i was at a house the other evening. Folks had taken quite a few things out,... they were trying to dry pictures and things from their marriage, really sad things that you can't replace.

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. Don Kelly:

   Life was good for him. He had survived this near-death experience and everything was positive and going his way, how tragic that everything could be taken away in the blink of an eye. Were all hurting.

4. Rebecca Black:

   I was like this was fun, this was something creative for me to do over Christmas break, after it went on the internet, it literally blew up in the blink of an eye … the hate and comments were everywhere. No one can prep you for that kind of thing.

5. Economist Brian Jackson:

   One to three years is a blink of an eye in terms of city developments, so many of these cities still have time to fill and become functional.