Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that blinks, especially a light that blinks in order to convey a message or warning.
- transitive verb To put blinders on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who blinks.
- noun One of two leather flaps placed on the sides of a horse's head to prevent him from seeing sidewise or backward; a blind or blinder; hence, figuratively, any obstruction to sight or discernment.
- noun plural Goggles; spectacles used for protecting the eyes from the light, dust, glare of the snow, etc.
- noun A small mackerel: a name used by fishermen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, blinks.
- noun 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.
- noun A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that
blinks , as the turn signal of anautomobile . - noun Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
- noun Whatever obstructs
sight ordiscernment : WikiQuote - noun rare
Eyelid . - noun cellular automata In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three
cells in a row that switches betweenhorizontal andvertical orientations in eachgeneration . - verb To put blinkers on.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
- noun a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
- verb put blinders on (a horse)
- noun a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
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Examples
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Joe had resorted to another sort of wireless -- the "blinker" -- and, not knowing the call signal for the station he was nearest, had given the prescribed call in such a case, a series of short flashes, or dots.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
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Gordon Brown a "blinker", maybe that's why Ed Balls does that rapid blinking thing, he's trying to curry favour with his master.
Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008
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"" Tony thinks Brown's a 'blinker', someone who blinks in a stand-off.
Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008
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“I’m not a blinker,” I lie, mostly because it’s embarrassing to be called a blinker.
Rules for Secret Keeping Lauren Barnholdt 2010
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He has more animal spirit than the pointer, but he has not so much patient courage; and the chastisement, sometimes unnecessary and cruel, but leaving the pointer perfect in his work, and eager for it too, would make the setter disgusted with it, and leave him a mere 'blinker'.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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I am similarly concerned with the potential to 'blinker' Australian citizens who are thus more easily manipulated and restricted to narrow perspectives.
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We would do well to bear this in mind with regard to contemporary strange fiction, wherever critics blinker themselves and -- whether revering or reviling it as such -- class the strange fiction genres as essentially romance.
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Carl waited with his blinker on at the shoulder of the road for a break in traffic.
The Big Cross Daniel Crocker 2011
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You liberals are in for a rude awakening in 2010. blinker
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So far Sam has said that he thought the driver ahead of him was making a left turn, despite the fact that the guy had his right blinker on and he wasn't in the left turn lane.
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