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That inspector has been known to blink at health violations.
--n. 5 wink, flicker: He switched the cards in the blink of an
eye. 6 on the blink. Colloq out of order, broken, in
disrepair, not working or operating, not operational, Slang US
out of whack, on the fritz: The fridge is on the blink again.
bliss n. happiness, blitheness, gladness, joy, blessedness, delight,
felicity, glee, enjoyment, pleasure, joyousness, cheer,
exhilaration, gaiety, blissfulness, rapture, ecstasy: The bliss
of our honeymoon has remained with us throughout our marriage.
blithe adj. 1 blissful, happy, cheerful, joyous, merry, light-hearted,
well-pleased, delighted, gay, joyful, elated, jubilant: His
spirit was blithe and his heart unquenchable. 2 happy-go-lucky,
insouciant, heedless, carefree, unconcerned, blas‚, casual,
detached, indifferent, uncaring, careless: She goes through
life with a blithe disregard for the feelings of others.
bloated adj. swollen, distended, fully, puffy; puffed up, overgrown,
inflated, pompous: He felt bloated after the enormous banquet.
That bloated, conceited, self-important petty official had the
gall to refuse me a visa.
blob n. gob, gobbet, globule, drop, droplet, bit, gout, lump, dab,
Colloq glob, Chiefly US and Canadian smidgen or smidgin:
There's a blob of jelly on your tie.
block n. 1 piece, chunk, hunk, lump, slab; stump; brick, cube: The
figure is carved out of a solid block of stone. 2 bar,
obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, stumbling-block, deterrent,
impediment, barrier: Her arrival should be no block to your
leaving.
--v. 3 obstruct, close off, barricade; bar, shut off; hinder,
hamper, balk, impede, prevent: Entry to the playing field was
blocked by the police. 4 block out. a rough out, design,
outline, sketch, lay out, plan: The colonel blocked out a
strategy for our escape. b mask, screen, blank (out), erase,
eliminate, exclude, blot out, deny: She has blocked out that
part of her life from her mind. 5 block (up). stuff (up),
congest, clog, Colloq Brit bung up: My nose is all blocked up
because of this awful cold.