Crossword clues for blinker
blinker
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blinker \Blink"er\, n.
One who, or that which, blinks.
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A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.
--M. Green. pl. A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "one who blinks," agent noun from blink (v.). As a type of horse eye screen to keep the animal looking straight ahead, from 1789. Slang meaning "the eye" is from 1816. Meaning "intermittent flashing light" is from 1923.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile. 2 Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways. 3 Whatever obstructs sight or discernment. 4 (context rare English) The eyelid. 5 (context cellular automata English) In http://en.wikipedi
org/wiki/Conway's%20Game%20of%20Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation. v
To put blinkers on.
WordNet
n. a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages [syn: flasher]
a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn [syn: turn signal, turn indicator, trafficator]
blind consisting of a leather eye-patch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side [syn: winker, blinder]
v. put blinders on (a horse)
Wikipedia
A blinker is a type of automotive lighting (directional indicator).
Blinker may also refer to:
- Blinders, also called "blinkers" or "winkers," a piece of horse tack used on a horse's bridle to restrict the horse's vision
- "Blinkers", a stabilising device created by the Wright Brothers in 1905 for their early aircraft. (see also winglets)
- Blinker light, a naval signalling device; also sometimes used as a verb indicating use of such a device
Usage examples of "blinker".
He took them over to the light, examined them for a long time, then replaced them in the blinker, and switched on again.
He simply yanked away a wire connecting between the tab and the blinker box.
That cut off the blinker, but the switch retained its contact through the metal tab.
The servant was using his other hand to turn the switch of the real blinker that stood on the closet shelf!
He reached for the knob of the blinker device on the closet shelf and turned it.
The cellar was a quiet way out, so I took it and picked up the blinker on the way.
NailBiter closed within a length, and Shadow was almost ready to blinker him and pull off, but then the gap widened slightly--NailBiter had seen the joke.
He sent a blinker message to Captain Sammis apologizing for the mishap.
Ulithi in the sunset, received this blinker message from a carrier far up in the lagoon, one of a large number which had come in during the day and now were crowded at the north end of the anchorage, a mass of oblong shapes, black against the red sky.
Then she turned slowly 360 degrees, watching the sensor, waiting for the blinker to brighten.
At 1830 a blinker message from Chikuma served further to deepen the gloom in Nagara.
The blinker was dancing in the wind, and Johnny caught just a glimpse of the departing truck in its stuttery glow.
At the 21 blinker he turned left and headed north, back the way they had come.
It could have been a flashlight, it could have been some peculiar reflection kicked across the glass by the dancing blinker, or it could have been just her imagination.
She could see a tiny yellow spark in the blackness of the desert floor, winking on and off: the blinker in the center of town.