blinker.
Anything that blinks.
Meaning & usage
Anything that blinks.
She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears.
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.
a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)
I just hit a blinker.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English blink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blinker From blink + -er.
To put blinkers on.
The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English blink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blinker From blink + -er.
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