turn signal

noun

: one of the lights on a vehicle that flash to indicate that the vehicle is turning left or right

Examples of turn signal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Automatic lane change: Not to be confused with hands-free driving, the MDX measures the distance and speed of oncoming vehicles when the driver holds the turn signal lightly — more than for a three-flash indication, not enough trigger the detent for a full turn. —

Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024 There’s the horn and the turn signal and not much else. —

Thomas Lake, CNN, 10 June 2024 This young man had apparently seen my left turn signal and my hapless attempt to slip into the ripping current of left-turners. —

Thomas Lake, CNN, 10 June 2024 This may result in the vehicle being operated with a failed turn signal/direction indicator, the turn signal/direction indicator not being seen by following vehicles and increase the risk of a crash, according to a NHTSA report. —

Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for turn signal

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