1
: one that blinks
especially
: a light that flashes off and on as a warning or a signal
2
a
b
: a cloth hood with shades projecting at the sides of the eye openings used on skittish racehorses
—usually used in plural
3
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Stuart James, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
There are too many who instead throw on their blinker and try to cut in line which only worsens the traffic tie-up.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
What’s more, their financial outlook remains blinkered, determined by the limitations of the tool.
—Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Three days later, another midfielder playing as if wearing blinkers was identified.
—Stuart James, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
There are too many who instead throw on their blinker and try to cut in line which only worsens the traffic tie-up.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
Verb
By midday Monday, however, lights inside the train—limping along on battery power—dimmed and then blinkered out.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
What’s more, their financial outlook remains blinkered, determined by the limitations of the tool.
—Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Blinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinker. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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