Roleset blink.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "close eyes for a second":

Roles:

Arg0:blinker


Arg1:eyes, usually unstated

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
You look around at professional ballplayers or accountants ... and nobody blinks an eye.
Arg0:	nobody
REL:	blinks
Arg1:	an eye

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
The White House had the perfect case, but Congress blinked before it could go to court.
Arg0:	Congress
REL:	blinked
ArgM-TMP:	before it could go to court

This kind of intransitive usage actually has a special meaning of "back down", but it's not worth a separate sense.