blinker
Other forms: blinkered; blinkers
Any flashing light can be called a blinker, but it usually refers to the turn signal on a car. Before you suddenly turn left, be sure to put your blinker on.
A light that blinks on and off is a blinker, and it may be used to signal your plans to change direction in a car, or to send some kind of signal. Another meaning of the word is "blinder," a kind of eye patch that's used in horse racing to block the horse's peripheral vision so it won't get distracted. To blinker a horse is to attach blinkers to its harness.
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a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messagessynonyms: flasher
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a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turnsynonyms: trafficator, turn indicator, turn signaltype of:visual signala signal that involves visual communication
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blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
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put blinders on (a horse)type of:coverprovide with a covering or cause to be covered
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cause to have a limited or narrow view of a situation
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Vocabulary lists containing blinker
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