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That inspector has been known to blink at health violations.<br />

--n. 5 wink, flicker: He switched the cards in the blink of an<br />

eye. 6 on the blink. Colloq out of order, broken, in<br />

disrepair, not working or operating, not operational, Slang US<br />

out of whack, on the fritz: The fridge is on the blink again.<br />

bliss<br />

n. happiness, blitheness, gladness, joy, blessedness, delight,<br />

felicity, glee, enjoyment, pleasure, joyousness, cheer,<br />

exhilaration, gaiety, blissfulness, rapture, ecstasy: The bliss<br />

of our honeymoon has remained with us throughout our marriage.<br />

blithe adj. 1 blissful, happy, cheerful, joyous, merry, light-hearted,<br />

well-pleased, delighted, gay, joyful, elated, jubilant: His<br />

spirit was blithe and his heart unquenchable. 2 happy-go-lucky,<br />

insouciant, heedless, carefree, unconcerned, blas‚, casual,<br />

detached, indifferent, uncaring, careless: She goes through<br />

life with a blithe disregard for the feelings of others.<br />

bloated adj. swollen, distended, fully, puffy; puffed up, overgrown,<br />

inflated, pompous: He felt bloated after the enormous banquet.<br />

That bloated, conceited, self-important petty official had the<br />

gall to refuse me a visa.<br />

blob<br />

n. gob, gobbet, globule, drop, droplet, bit, gout, lump, dab,<br />

Colloq glob, Chiefly US and Canadian smidgen or smidgin:<br />

There's a blob of jelly on your tie.<br />

block<br />

n. 1 piece, chunk, hunk, lump, slab; stump; brick, cube: The<br />

figure is carved out of a solid block of stone. 2 bar,<br />

obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, stumbling-block, deterrent,<br />

impediment, barrier: Her arrival should be no block to your<br />

leaving.<br />

--v. 3 obstruct, close off, barricade; bar, shut off; hinder,<br />

hamper, balk, impede, prevent: Entry to the playing field was<br />

blocked by the police. 4 block out. a rough out, design,<br />

outline, sketch, lay out, plan: The colonel blocked out a<br />

strategy for our escape. b mask, screen, blank (out), erase,<br />

eliminate, exclude, blot out, deny: She has blocked out that<br />

part of her life from her mind. 5 block (up). stuff (up),<br />

congest, clog, Colloq Brit bung up: My nose is all blocked up<br />

because of this awful cold.

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