blinker

Etymology

blink +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(r)

Noun

blinker (plural blinkers)

1. Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
2. Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
3. Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Matthew Green to this entry?)

4. (rare) The eyelid.
5. (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.

Verb

blinker (third-person singular simple present blinkers, present participle blinkering, simple past and past participle blinkered)

1. To put blinkers on.

   The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.

Verb

blinker

1. present tense of blinke

Noun

blinker m

1. indefinite plural of blink