blinker

== English == === Etymology === From blink +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈblɪŋkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblɪŋkəɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) Hyphenation: blink‧er === Noun === blinker (plural blinkers) Anything that blinks. (informal, Australia, Northern US) The turn signal of an automobile. Synonyms: (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) directional, directional signal, direction indicator, indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, (chiefly US) turn signal, (informal) winker (chiefly in the 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. Synonyms: blinder, winker Whatever obstructs sight or discernment. (rare) The eyelid. (slang) A black eye. (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation. (slang) A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === blinker (third-person singular simple present blinkers, present participle blinkering, simple past and past participle blinkered) (transitive) To put blinkers on. ==== See also ==== blinkers === Further reading === blinker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia blinders on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “blinker”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “blinker”, in Collins English Dictionary. “blinker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “blinker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Blinker (Slang)”, in Know Your Meme, website launched 2007 == Danish == === Verb === blinker present of blinke == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === blinker m indefinite plural of blink === Verb === blinker present of blinke == Swedish == === Noun === blinker c (automotive) (US) a turn signal, (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) an indicator (that blinks) Synonym: körriktningsvisare a blinker (device that blinks, especially an alerting device for deaf and hearing impaired) ==== Declension ==== === References === blinker in Svensk ordbok (SO) blinker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)