blinker

1 of 2

noun

blink·​er ˈbliŋ-kər 

1

: one that blinks

especially : a light that flashes off and on as a warning or a signal

2

a

: blinder sense 1

b

: a cloth hood with shades projecting at the sides of the eye openings used on skittish racehorses

—usually used in plural

3

blinkers plural : blinder sense 2

blinker

2 of 2

verb

blinkered; blinkering; blinkers

transitive verb

: to put blinders on

Examples of blinker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Others found Overview answers instructing searchers to change their blinker fluid, referencing a joke that’s popular on car maintenance forums (blinker fluid does not exist). —A.w. Ohlheiser, Vox, 13 June 2024

Pedal pub bikes are equipped with headlights, brake lights, taillights, blinkers, brakes and emergency brakes. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024

Verb

Most of all, the documents show how Rush, blinkered by his own ambition to be the Elon Musk of the deep seas, repeatedly overstated OceanGate’s progress and, on at least one occasion, outright lied about significant problems with Titan’s hull, which has not been previously reported. —Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024

In the sensitive hands of director Lila Neugebauer and her top-notch cast, these people are complicated and they’re blinkered, monstrous and pitiable, trying and failing, not individually hateful and collectively matured in a slow cooker of unexamined bias and malice. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun

blink entry 1 + -er entry 2

First Known Use

Noun

1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1823, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

blinker

noun

blink·​er

ˈbliŋ-kər

1

: one that blinks

especially : a blinking light used as a warning or for signaling

2

: blinder