blik

Coined by R. M. Hare in 1950.

blik (plural bliks)

1. (philosophy) An unfalsifiable belief underpinning a worldview.
   • 1950, R. M. Hare, Theology and Falsification:

     Let us call that in which we differ from this lunatic, our respective bliks. He has an insane blik about dons; we have a sane one. It is important to realize that we have a sane one, not no blik at all; for there must be two sides to any argument — if he has a wrong blik, then those who are right about dons must have a right one.

• bilk

From Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan.

• IPA^(key): /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

blik n (singular definite blikket, plural indefinite blikke)

1. a look, a glance

From Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick.

• IPA^(key): /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

blik n

1. (archaic) calm sea, dead calm

Only used in the compounds blikstille ("dead calm", adjective and noun) and havblik ("dead calm", "calm sea").

From Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon *blek, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“metal”).

• IPA^(key): /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

blik n (singular definite blikket, not used in plural form)

1. sheet metal (of any metal, e.g. aluminium or tin-coated iron)

• IPA^(key): /blɪk/

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• Hyphenation: blik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

From Middle Dutch blic, ultimately from the root of blijken (“to appear”).

blik m (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)

1. a glance
2. (obsolete) a ray, a beam

• Afrikaans: blik
• → Sranan Tongo: blek

From Middle Dutch blic. Related to bleek.

blik n (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)

1. a can, a tin (container)

   Ze haalde een blikje uit de automaat.

   She got a can from the vending machine.

   Het enige winkeltje in het dorp verkocht alleen groente in blik.

   The only shop in the village only sold canned vegetables.

2. sheet metal, tin plate; the metallic material tins are made of, often coated with tin or pewter
3. a dustpan

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

blik

1. inflection of blikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See blika (“to shine, gleam”).

• IPA^(key): /plɪːk/
• Rhymes: -ɪːk

blik n (genitive singular bliks, nominative plural blik)

1. gleam, twinkle

• augnablik

• blika

Borrowed from German Blick. First attested in 1689.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈblik/

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: blik

blik m inan

1. (art) impasto paint
2. (photography) light leak

• blik in Polish dictionaries at PWN