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View synonyms for blinker

blinker

[ bling-ker ]

noun

  1. a device for flashing light signals.
  2. a light that flashes intermittently, especially one that serves as a traffic signal.
  3. either of two leather flaps on a bridle, to prevent a horse from seeing sideways; a blinder.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put blinkers on.

blinker

/ ˈblɪŋkə /

noun

  1. a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
  2. often plural a slang word for eye 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to provide (a horse) with blinkers
  2. to obscure with or as if with blinkers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blinker1

First recorded in 1630–40; blink + -er 1
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Example Sentences

What is not supposed to happen is you turning on your left blinker light.

They say - and his home secretary of just the other day Suella Braverman is among them - that he was too blinkered for too long in believing Plan A would work.

From BBC

However, a 1986 voter referendum was foiled by populist progressives who expressed a “blinkered resistance to anything that might perhaps be harmful,” King writes.

This blinkered attitude more than anything explains the decline in Mass attendance.

James's mother Helen Philliskirk said: "On both trips to the hospital we feel like it was quite a blinkered approach."

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