blinker
blinker
Definition
blinker (-ər)
noun
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- a flashing warning light at crossings
- a light for signaling messages in flashes
- two flaps on a bridle that keep the horse from seeing to the sides, esp. as worn by a racehorse that tends to shy
- a kind of goggles
transitive verb
to put blinkers on
blinker
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- wear: Wearing blinkers for the first time Hutch seemed to travel really well during the race.
- remove: I know he knows the truth, but he knows it with a biased mind that one day must remove the blinkers it wears!
- put: Group Policies are like putting blinkers on the users.
- take: I met him at a time in my life when I was ready to see the world and he just took the blinkers off.
- have: It had no blinker or clearance lights like a conventional plane.
- get: In your early 20s, you tend to avoid responsibility, it's like a lot of the time you've got blinkers on.
Adjective modifier
- first: However he could improve for the fitting of first time blinkers.
- first-time: The first-time blinkers worked the oracle for Ocean Pride last time, but can he defy a rise?
- ideological: But it is not easy to look at this evidence without ideological blinkers.
- cupped: The bridle with leather covered cupped or half cupped blinkers.
Modifies a noun
- light: There are certain disadvantages in the transmittal of messages by blinker light.
Noun used with modifier
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