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Intersection caution
Answer for the clue "Intersection caution ", 7 letters:
blinker
Alternative clues for the word blinker
Word definitions for blinker in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
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Word definitions in 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 ...
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.