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Webster 1913 Edition


Blinker

Blink′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, blinks.
2.
A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse’s bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
Nor bigots who but one way see,
through
blinkers
of authority.
M. Green.
3.
pl.
A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.

Definition 2024


Blinker

Blinker

See also: blinker

German

Noun

Blinker m (genitive Blinkers, plural Blinker)

  1. (automotive) indicator, direction indicator, turn signal
  2. (fishing) spoon lure

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Synonyms

  • (indicator): Fahrtrichtungsanzeiger (officialese)

blinker

blinker

See also: Blinker

English

Noun

blinker (plural blinkers)

  1. Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
  2. Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
  3. Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Matthew Green to this entry?)
  4. (rare) The eyelid.
  5. (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.

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Verb

blinker (third-person singular simple present blinkers, present participle blinkering, simple past and past participle blinkered)

  1. To put blinkers on.
    The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.

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Danish

Verb

blinker

  1. present tense of blinke