Blinkie

Quick meaning: Blinkie is a noun meaning (Internet) A small animated graphic for use on a web page, usually taking the form of a picture or phrase with blinking lights around it.

Meaning

(Internet) A small animated graphic for use on a web page, usually taking the form of a picture or phrase with blinking lights around it.

More Meanings

1. (retail, colloquial) A coupon dispenser with blinking lights to draw the attention of shoppers.

Example Sentences

You want people to be able to find your entries; try to keep the extra bling, like distracting scripts and blinkies, to a minimum.

The buddyicon.info Web site offers thousands of AIM buddy icons (28838 by my most recent count), as well as "away" icons and "blinkies" […]

Don't animate your visuals to blink ad infinitum. Set a small-file blinkie to turn off after no more than three passes at whatever it is your blinkie does.

These are blinkies. When you walk up to them there is usually a coupon sticking out. Snag the coupon and another one just like it will pop out in a few seconds. Blinkies have a special place in my heart.

Word Forms

• blinkies

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blinkenlights, blinkenlight, lightbox, beacon, blip, hotbutton.

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