noun
Meaning 1
Anything that blinks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
blinker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblɪŋkə/
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General-American: /ˈblɪŋkəɹ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋkə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
The turn signal of an automobile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Northern-US, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: directional, directional signal, direction indicator, indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal, winker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blinder, winker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The eyelid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A black eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
- a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)
- I just hit a blinker.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To put blinkers on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flasher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, light source
noun
Meaning 11
blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: winker, blinder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blind, screen
noun
Meaning 12
a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn signal, turn indicator, trafficator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual signal
verb
Meaning 13
put blinders on (a horse)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: دراقة (darrāqa) — eye shield
- Bulgarian: нао́чници (naóčnici) — eye shield
- Catalan: aclucalls — eye shield
- Dutch: oogklep — eye shield
- Finnish: silmälappu — eye shield
- French: œillère — eye shield
- German: Scheuklappe — eye shield
- Greek: παρωπίδα (paropída) — eye shield
- Italian: paraocchi — eye shield
- Norwegian Bokmål: skylapper — eye shield
- Plautdietsch: Schuklaup — eye shield
- Polish: klapka — eye shield
- Portuguese: antolho — eye shield
- Portuguese: pala — eye shield
- Russian: шо́ры (šóry) — eye shield
- Russian: нагла́зник m usually plural: нагла́зники (nagláznik) — eye shield
- Serbo-Croatian: жми̏гавац — eye shield
- Serbo-Croatian: žmȉgavac — eye shield
- Spanish: anteojeras — eye shield
- Spanish: gríngolas — eye shield
- Swedish: skygglapp — eye shield
- Ukrainian: шо́ри (šóry) — eye shield
- Walloon: waitroûle — eye shield
- Walloon: waitwere — eye shield
- Walloon: lugnård — eye shield
- Bulgarian: клепа́ч (klepáč) — eyelid
- Finnish: silmäluomi — eyelid
- French: paupière — eyelid
- Greek: βλέφαρο (vléfaro) — eyelid
- Macedonian: кла́пак (klápak) — eyelid
- Polish: powieka — eyelid
- Portuguese: pálpebra — eyelid
- Russian: ве́ко (véko) — eyelid
- Serbo-Croatian: на̀очња̄к — eyelid
- Serbo-Croatian: nàočnjāk — eyelid
- Spanish: párpado — eyelid
- Spanish: pálpebra — eyelid
- Swedish: ögonlock — eyelid