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View synonyms for blinker
blinker
[ bling-ker ]
noun
- a device for flashing light signals.
- a light that flashes intermittently, especially one that serves as a traffic signal.
- either of two leather flaps on a bridle, to prevent a horse from seeing sideways; a blinder.
verb (used with object)
- to put blinkers on.
blinker
/ ˈblɪŋkə /
noun
- a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- often plural a slang word for eye 1
verb
- to provide (a horse) with blinkers
- to obscure with or as if with blinkers
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What is not supposed to happen is you turning on your left blinker light.
From Seattle Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
This blinkered attitude more than anything explains the decline in Mass attendance.
From Seattle Times
James's mother Helen Philliskirk said: "On both trips to the hospital we feel like it was quite a blinkered approach."
From BBC
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