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UK
/blˈɪŋkɐ/
]
NOUN
- blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
- a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn
- a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
VERB
- put blinders on (a horse)
How To Use blinker In A Sentence
- Not sure what a 'twofer' is, but if what you mean is that the '2050' scenario is ridiculous, then you're way into denial and every bit as susceptible to the blinkers of 'You Know You Are Right' as those you ridicule. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
- Our lives become narrow, blinkered, limited. Life Without Work
- Maybe his vision could have been blinkered by already knowing the players personally.
- “I’m not a blinker,” I lie, mostly because it’s embarrassing to be called a blinker. Rules for Secret Keeping
- Carl waited with his blinker on at the shoulder of the road for a break in traffic. The Big Cross
- The blinkers will not hinder his progress. The Sun
- We slapped the blinkers on him in his work and I felt he showed a little bit of improvement but certainly not enough to think he could win.
- The blinkered tendency to derive all-encompassing, universal answers has dumbed down semantic questions, eclipsed interpretative discussion and blinded scholarship to the ways in which context could cook up hermeneutic content.
- It is no wonder with this blinkered attitude that the Capital of Culture bid was a non-starter.
- All true, but also all tending to indicate a certain blinkered quality to the “anti-Americanism” frame. Matthew Yglesias » “Pro-American”
