blinker
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blinker
- /ˈblɪŋkə/ UK
- /ˈblɪŋkəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
noun blinkers
- Anything that blinks. She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears.
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The turn signal of an automobile.
Similar: directional, directional signal, direction indicator, indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal, winker
- 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.
- 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
- The eyelid.
- A black eye. 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. […]
- 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).
- A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit. a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)
verb blinkers · blinkering · blinkered
- To put blinkers on. The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.
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noun eye shield
| Español | anteojeras, gríngolas |
|---|---|
| Português | antolho, pala |
| Français | œillère |
| Deutsch | Scheuklappe |
| Italiano | paraocchi |
| Ελληνικά | παρωπίδα paropída |
| Русский | шо́ры šóry, нагла́зник m usually plural: нагла́зники nagláznik |
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