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Definition of blinker
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The Smoky Mountains offer an ideal habitat for the little blinkers, given the warm, moist, overgrown landscape devoid of artificial light.
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Failure to use a blinker when making a turn or changing lanes is against the law and leads to two million collisions per year in the U.S., according to a Society for Automotive Engineers study.
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The broken blinker turned up inside the cargo area.
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For the Triple Crown races, trainer Ben Jones put blinkers and Eddie Arcaro on the horse, and the moves paid off with wins of 8 lengths in the Kentucky Derby, 5.5 lengths in the Preakness and 2.5 lengths in the Belmont.
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TWISTED TOM (20-1) - Unbeaten in last three starts after trainer Chad Brown added blinkers to his equipment.
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The flashing turn signal, or blinker, has been a standard safety feature on cars since 1939.
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His car was on the side of a six-lane Florida road, the engine running and his right blinker flashing.
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The car was still running and the right blinker was flashing.
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First Known Use of blinker
1637
Recent Examples of blinker from the Web
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But to treat issues such as affirmative action, cultural appropriation, and the like in the same way is blinkered and facile.
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The very notion of an Amazonian island—of isolation and segregation—comes off, in the light of experience, as a narrowing and blinkering background.
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On Monday, PPG criticized Akzo Nobel for being blinkered, unwilling to discuss anything beyond details of the proposal already tabled.
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Old media could be held to account for its cozy relationships, its disclosure failures, its hiring practices and its blinkered or slanted coverage — real or perceived.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blinker'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of blinker
1823
BLINKER Defined for English Language Learners
blinker
playDefinition of blinker for English Language Learners
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blinkers : leather pieces that are placed on either side of a horse's head next to its eyes
BLINKER Defined for Kids
blinker
playDefinition of blinker for Students
: a light that blinks to indicate that a vehicle will be turning
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