blinker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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Anything that blinks.
She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears.
- (Australia, Northern-US, informal) The turn signal of an automobile.
- (in-plural) 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.
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Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
This floor let not the vulgar tread, / Who worship only what they dread: / Nor bigots who but one way see, / Through blinkers of authority
1732, Matthew Green, Grotto:
- (rare) The eyelid.
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(slang) A black eye.
The next morning, Jimmy came home with a fat lip and a black eye. Flory rushed over to tend to him. “Ain't nothin'. Just a blinker... had a fight with a guy. […]
2011, Mari Christie, Concrete Loyalties, page 419:
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In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
3 live cells together can yield either a blinker or a block, so these will be the most common objects formed "out of the void".
1994 May 13, Louis Howell, “Louis Howell's question of block clearing in life (simple solution)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):As Hickerson points out, a glider aimed at a faraway blinker or preblock has only 8 cells, but can be arranged to run as long as you want.
2008 January 8, Dave Greene, “Evolutionary factor in Conway's life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):The following for example, doesn't work because the spark at the top is actually a blinker, and doesn't die. Without the blinker, this object is known as an OWSS (overweight spaceship).
1992 August 13, David Bell, “Spaceships in Conway's Life (Part 1)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
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(slang) A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit.
When you just hit 2 back to back blinkers off the dab pen and you trying to hold your cough around people
2023 January 31, @GreedyAlmighty, Twitter, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2023:a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)
I just hit a blinker.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blinkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nanoblinker · blinkerdom · blinker fluid
Synonyms
directional signal · winker · direction indicator · indicator · blinder · trafficator · directional · winker · turn indicator · turn signal
Translations (38)
fr œillère (eye shield) · fi silmäluomi (eyelid) · wa waitwere (eye shield) · mk кла́пак (eyelid) · sh на̀очња̄к (eyelid) · fr paupière (eyelid) · sh nàočnjāk (eyelid) · bg клепа́ч (eyelid) · uk шо́ри (eye shield) · pt pala (eye shield) · es pálpebra (eyelid) · ru ве́ко (eyelid) · pl powieka (eyelid) · es párpado (eyelid) · sv skygglapp (eye shield) · es gríngolas (eye shield) · nl oogklep (eye shield) · el παρωπίδα (eye shield) · nb skylapper (eye shield) · bg нао́чници (eye shield) · sv ögonlock (eyelid) · ru нагла́зник m usually plural: нагла́зники (eye shield) · fi silmälappu (eye shield) · pl klapka (eye shield) · pdt Schuklaup (eye shield) · wa lugnård (eye shield) · sh жми̏гавац (eye shield) · ca aclucalls (eye shield) · it paraocchi (eye shield) · de Scheuklappe (eye shield) · pt antolho (eye shield) · es anteojeras (eye shield) · pt pálpebra (eyelid) · ary دراقة (eye shield) · el βλέφαρο (eyelid) · ru шо́ры (eye shield) · wa waitroûle (eye shield) · sh žmȉgavac (eye shield)