blinding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of blind

adj

1. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

   “On it came, and with it came the glorious blinding cloud of many-coloured light, and stood before us for a space, turning, as it seemed to us, slowly round and round, and then, accompanied by its attendant pomp of sound, passed away I know not whither.”

2. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.

   “blinding tears;  blinding snow”

   “Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.”

3. (UK, slang)Brilliant; marvellous.

   ““How’s it going?” “Blinding, mate.””

adv

1. (nonstandard)To an extreme degree; blindingly.

   “certain 'details' of 'scientifically realized socialism' became blinding obvious”

   “He made the basket on his second attempt, after an exchange of moves so blinding fast that Derek could barely distinguish them.”

   “I was in a nightmare, and everything was blinding bright, inky black, blinding bright; and fading, and fading”

   “It's the blinding obvious fact that American football is the real-life equivalent of Quidditch. Or maybe Fireball - the game invented by Joey and Chandler”

   “WHILST IT'S blinding obvious that converged networks are the way to go, it's also apparent that C21 [21st Century] networks won't get rapidly rolled out”

noun

1. The act of causing blindness.
2. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
3. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.