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Blinker
Definitions
- 1 Anything that blinks.
"She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears."
- 2 a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages wordnet
- 3 The turn signal of an automobile. Australia, Northern-US, informal
- 4 blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side wordnet
- 5 A shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side. in-plural
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- 6 a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn wordnet
- 7 Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
"This floor let not the vulgar tread, / Who worship only what they dread: / Nor bigots who but one way see, / Through blinkers of authority"
- 8 The eyelid. rare
- 9 A black eye. slang
"The next morning, Jimmy came home with a fat lip and a black eye. Flory rushed over to tend to him. “Ain't nothin'. Just a blinker... had a fight with a guy. […]"
- 10 In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
"The following for example, doesn't work because the spark at the top is actually a blinker, and doesn't die. Without the blinker, this object is known as an OWSS (overweight spaceship)."
- 11 A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit. slang
"a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)"
- 1 To put blinkers on. transitive
"The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic."
- 2 put blinders on (a horse) wordnet
Etymology
From blink + -er.
From blink + -er.
See also for "blinker"
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