English Explanatory Dictionary

blinker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything that blinks.
  2. The turn signal of an automobile.
  3. 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.
  4. Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
  5. The eyelid.
  6. A black eye.
  7. In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
  8. A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit.
verb
  1. To put blinkers on.

Pronunciation

/ˈblɪŋkə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blinker.wav /ˈblɪŋkəɹ/ Teker "Blinker".ogg

Word forms

blinker blinkers blinkering blinkered

Etymology

From blink + -er.

Synonyms

directional directional signal direction indicator indicator trafficator turn indicator turn signal winker blinder

Related words

blinkers

Derived words

blinkerdom blinker fluid nanoblinker

Translations

Arabic: دراقة Bulgarian: нао́чници Catalan: aclucalls Dutch: oogklep Finnish: silmälappu French: œillère German: Scheuklappe Greek: παρωπίδα Italian: paraocchi Norwegian Bokmål: skylapper Plautdietsch: Schuklaup Polish: klapka Portuguese: antolho Portuguese: pala Russian: шо́ры Russian: нагла́зник m usually plural: нагла́зники Serbo-Croatian: жми̏гавац Serbo-Croatian: žmȉgavac Spanish: anteojeras Spanish: gríngolas Swedish: skygglapp Ukrainian: шо́ри Walloon: waitroûle Walloon: waitwere Walloon: lugnård
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