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blinder en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈblaɪndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈblaɪndɚ/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From blind + -er.

Meanings

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of blind: more blind
   form of blind
   • Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate. 1830, William Pashley, The Voice of Reason in Defence of the Christian Faith:

blinder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈblaɪndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈblaɪndɚ/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From blind + -er.

Meanings

1. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. ▸ A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
2. (often, plural, plural-only) Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. ▸ A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.
   • From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision. 1969, Kenzaburō Ōe, chapter 5, in John Nathan, transl., A Personal Matter, New York: Grove Press, page 84:
3. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. ▸ Something that impairs visual or mental perception in a way figuratively compared to horses' blinders.
   • I, I, got a new girlfriend / She feels like he's on top / And I don't feel no remorse / And you can't see past my blinders 2016 February 5, Wesley Schultz and Jeremy Fraites, “Ophelia”, in Cleopatra, performed by The Lumineers:
   • As it was, innocence was his blinder. 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 15, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
   • Orientalism itself, furthermore, was an exclusively male province; like so many professional guilds during the modern period, it viewed itself and its subject matter with sexist blinders. 1978, Edward Said, Orientalism, New York: Vinatage, published 2003, Chapter 3, Part I, p. 207:
4. (UK, slang) Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. ▸ An exceptional performance.
   • And we asked the blue winger, who in our game / had played what they call a blinder, to help out 1992, Glyn Maxwell, “Out of the Rain”, in Boys at Twilight: Poems 1990 to 1995, New York: Houghton Mifflin, published 2000, page 91:
   • He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.
5. (slang) Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. ▸ A bout of heavy drinking.
   • If a man goes out on a blinder, he might be charged with being drunk and incapable and therefore have a criminal record, although he is an honourable man. 1985 May 2, John Maxton, Hansard:
6. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. ▸ A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change.
   • When the 'blinders' are switched off, and the audience's eyes given time to re-adjust, the new scene is in place […] 1992, The Lighting Journal, page 9:

Forms

Deriveds

peaky blinder

Synonyms

winker · dazzler · blinker · blinker · belter · bender · winker · cracker

Translations (15)

ru шо́ры (horse's eye shield) · el παρωπίδα (horse's eye shield) · izh korvalappu (horse's eye shield) · pt pala (horse's eye shield) · fi silmälappu (horse's eye shield) · es anteojera (horse's eye shield) · sv skygglapp (horse's eye shield) · es orejera (horse's eye shield) · es tapaojos (horse's eye shield) · fr œillère (horse's eye shield) · cy ffrwyn ddall (horse's eye shield) · pt antolho (horse's eye shield) · cy ffrwyn dywyll (horse's eye shield) · it paraocchi (horse's eye shield) · pdt Schuklaup (horse's eye shield)

wikidata: Q1265341

blinder en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈblaɪndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈblaɪndɚ/ (General-American)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From blind + -er.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To fit (a horse) with blinders.
2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To obstruct the vision of.
   • They think they're being focussed when they're really just blindering their eyes, as a farmer would a plough horse, to ways of getting to their goal faster. 1986, Tessa Albert Warschaw, Rich is Better: How Women Can Bridge the Gap Between Wanting and Having It All — Financially, Emotionally, Professionally, Penguin, page 248:
   • […] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky 1958, Sylvia Plath, “Above the Oxbow”, in The Collected Poems, New York: Harper & Row, page 88:

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