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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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Rispoli said Formidable Man is a different horse since McCarthy made the decision to eliminate blinkers.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Australia asked questions and should have set 300, but the favorites kept the match blinkers on.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The movie keeps viewers’ heads pointed straight ahead and fits them with blinkers.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Rispoli said Formidable Man is a different horse since McCarthy made the decision to eliminate blinkers.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
Verb
The New Yorker’s Talk writer was similarly blinkered and callous, treating Grey like a consenting partner and Chaplin as a dual victim, of his mother-in-law’s venality and of Middle America’s moral prejudices.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Australia asked questions and should have set 300, but the favorites kept the match blinkers on.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Blinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinker. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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