blinker

Plural: blinkers

Noun

• a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
• a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
• blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
• Anything that blinks.
• The turn signal of an automobile.
• 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.
• The eyelid.
• A black eye.
• In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
• A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit.

Verb

Verb Forms: blinkered, blinkering, blinkers

• To put blinders on; to obstruct vision.
• put blinders on (a horse)
• To put blinkers on.

Examples

• a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)
• He tried to blinker his opponent’s view of the bonus squares by placing strategic blocks in Scrabble.
• I just hit a blinker.
• She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears.
• The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.

Synonyms

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

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