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Meaning of "blinker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLINKER

blinker  [ˈblɪŋkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLINKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blinker is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blinker in English.

WHAT DOES BLINKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Automotive lighting

The lighting system of a motor vehicle consists of lighting and signalling devices mounted or integrated to various parts of a motor vehicle. These may include the front, sides, rear and, in some cases, the top of the vehicle. The purpose of this system is to provide illumination for the driver. This enables safe vehicle operation after dark and increases the conspicuity of the vehicle. It also informs of the vehicle's presence, position, size, direction of travel, and the driver's intentions regarding direction and speed of travel.

Definition of blinker in the English dictionary

The first definition of blinker in the dictionary is a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle. Other definition of blinker is to provide with blinkers. Blinker is also to obscure with or as if with blinkers.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLINKER

PRESENT

Present
I blinker
you blinker
he/she/it blinkers
we blinker
you blinker
they blinker
Present continuous
I am blinkering
you are blinkering
he/she/it is blinkering
we are blinkering
you are blinkering
they are blinkering
Present perfect
I have blinkered
you have blinkered
he/she/it has blinkered
we have blinkered
you have blinkered
they have blinkered
Present perfect continuous
I have been blinkering
you have been blinkering
he/she/it has been blinkering
we have been blinkering
you have been blinkering
they have been blinkering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I blinkered
you blinkered
he/she/it blinkered
we blinkered
you blinkered
they blinkered
Past continuous
I was blinkering
you were blinkering
he/she/it was blinkering
we were blinkering
you were blinkering
they were blinkering
Past perfect
I had blinkered
you had blinkered
he/she/it had blinkered
we had blinkered
you had blinkered
they had blinkered
Past perfect continuous
I had been blinkering
you had been blinkering
he/she/it had been blinkering
we had been blinkering
you had been blinkering
they had been blinkering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will blinker
you will blinker
he/she/it will blinker
we will blinker
you will blinker
they will blinker
Future continuous
I will be blinkering
you will be blinkering
he/she/it will be blinkering
we will be blinkering
you will be blinkering
they will be blinkering
Future perfect
I will have blinkered
you will have blinkered
he/she/it will have blinkered
we will have blinkered
you will have blinkered
they will have blinkered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been blinkering
you will have been blinkering
he/she/it will have been blinkering
we will have been blinkering
you will have been blinkering
they will have been blinkering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would blinker
you would blinker
he/she/it would blinker
we would blinker
you would blinker
they would blinker
Conditional continuous
I would be blinkering
you would be blinkering
he/she/it would be blinkering
we would be blinkering
you would be blinkering
they would be blinkering
Conditional perfect
I would have blinker
you would have blinker
he/she/it would have blinker
we would have blinker
you would have blinker
they would have blinker
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been blinkering
you would have been blinkering
he/she/it would have been blinkering
we would have been blinkering
you would have been blinkering
they would have been blinkering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you blinker
we let´s blinker
you blinker
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blinker
Past participle
blinkered
Present Participle
blinkering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLINKER


clinker
ˈklɪŋkə
Dinka
ˈdɪŋkə
drinker
ˈdrɪŋkə
finca
ˈfɪŋkə
Inca
ˈɪŋkə
klinker
ˈklɪŋkə
linker
ˈlɪŋkə
palinka
pəˈlɪŋkə
pinker
ˈpɪŋkə
plinker
ˈplɪŋkə
shrinker
ˈʃrɪŋkə
sinker
ˈsɪŋkə
skinker
ˈskɪŋkə
slinker
ˈslɪŋkə
Soyinka
sɔˈjɪŋkə
stinker
ˈstɪŋkə
thinker
ˈθɪŋkə
tinker
ˈtɪŋkə
Treblinka
trɛˈblɪŋkə
vinca
ˈvɪŋkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLINKER

blindstorey
blindstories
blindstory
blindworm
bling
bling bling
bling-bling
blinging
blinglish
blini
blinis
blink
blinkard
blinkered
blinkers
blinking
blinks
blintz
blintze
bliny

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLINKER

banker
beer drinker
binge drinker
bunker
die-sinker
forethinker
freethinker
headshrinker
hoodwinker
hook, line, and sinker
inker
jinker
meths drinker
nondrinker
prinker
rethinker
social drinker
swinker
underskinker
wishful thinker

Synonyms and antonyms of blinker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blinker» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
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TRANSLATION OF BLINKER

Find out the translation of blinker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blinker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blinker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

闪光灯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blinker
570 millions of speakers

English

blinker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्लिंकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضوء الوامض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шоры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pisca-pisca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠুলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clignotant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blinker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blinker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウインカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깜박이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blinker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đèn nháy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண் மறைக்கும் தோல் வார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लिंकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flaşör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lampeggiatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

migacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шори
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blinker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

blinker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarschuwingslichten
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blinker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nødblinkelyset
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blinker

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLINKER»

The term «blinker» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.519 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of blinker
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLINKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blinker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blinker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blinker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLINKER»

Discover the use of blinker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blinker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
'Blinker' Hall: Spymaster: The Man Who Brought America Into ...
In `Blinker' Hall: Sspymaster, David Ramsay examines this fascinating man and his invaluable legacy.
David Ramsay, 2010
2
SIP Scooter Catalogue ENGLISH
starts at 7.14 € starts at 10.08 € starts at 15.97 € Blinker BCD077 15.13 AC206192 14.29 AC206191 14.29 STR670 16.81 Glass mit E-Nummer 5816361 Illus. shows: AC204341 Illus. shows; 57100000 16.89 - - 57110000 17.65 57101000 ...
SIP Scootershop GmbH
3
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshop
In the Project Description text box, type VB6 Workshop Blinker Sample Control and then click OK. The project name is used to name the OCX file; the project description is displayed in the Components dialog box. In the UserControl Properties ...
John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb, 1998
4
Pinches Patches and the Petchary
It was then the neighbor broke the news: 'my nephew is coming to take Blinker Baker today.' 'What did you say?' Miss Tense asked, and the neighbor repeated herself. She tried to be calm. "You do not have a cat to give away, what makes you ...
Hortense M. Jenkins, 2011
5
InfoWorld
Blinker update links multiple languages Blinker, a popular dynamic overlay linker for Clipper developers, will broaden its focus with the release of a multilanguage version on January 3 1 . Besides linking Clipper 5.01 and Summer '87, Blinker ...
6
The Selected Stories of O. Henry
"Oh, property!" interrupted Blinker. "Dear Mr. Oldport, I think you mentioned tomorrow. Let's have it all at one dose to-morrow—signatures and property and snappy rubber bands and that smelly sealing-wax and all. Have luncheon with me?
O. Henry, 2010
7
New Constructions in Cellular Automata
here can be taken to mean "backward": while all of the collisions glider/blinker 1 through glider/blinker 12 are distinct, glider/blinker nb, with 1 < n < 12 is a mirror image of glider /blinker n. Glider/blinker 4 and glider/blinker 6 both generate new  ...
David Griffeath, Cristopher Moore, 2003
8
Other Men's Wives: A Novel
Blinker smiles wickedly. “ Yeah, seems like it," he agrees, his voice deep and menacing. My surprise turns to anger. “What're you doing in my house?" I demand to know, staring hard at Blinker. The dogs growl and bare their teeth. Blinkers ...
Freddie Lee Johnson, 2005
9
Toward a Practice of Autonomous Systems: Proceedings of the ...
4.1 The N-Blinker Problem Even in the absence of any external inputs, recurrent networks are able to engage into particular temporal behaviours. Training a network to do so is difficult, because no external cues (i.e. inputs) are available to  ...
Francisco J. Varela, Paul Bourgine, 1992
10
Ballard's War
The trick is once the wide angle eye sees the correct target blinker, to turn the missile to point so that the center eye sees it. Once that's done, the missile will hit its blinker within a few meters." "Ahhh," Luth sighed. Ballard could sense the ...
Tom Holzel, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLINKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blinker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Driving big rig: WFLA's Lindsey Mastis goes to trucker school in Tampa
Do not try to pass if the big rig has its blinker on, because the driver may not be able to see the vehicle. And avoid cutting in and slamming on ... «WFLA, Jul 15»
2
Movie review: Home Care (Domácí péče)
When Vlasta comes to in the hospital, the doctor tells her he removed a shard of the blinker from her stomach (which he proceeds to hand to ... «Prague Post, Jul 15»
3
Test Drive: 2016 Honda HR-V AWD
... up to the EX, Honda adds push button start and “Lane Watch” blind-spot warning, which is activated when you apply the right turn blinker. «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
4
Down Home: A car, a warning system & a conscience
And there, over on the left, above the blinker switch, an emergency message box lights up with an explanation of whatever icon happens to be ... «Baptist Standard, Jul 15»
5
UDOT signs sporting new, edgy attitude — but not too edgy
SHOW ME YOUR BLINKER.” Meanwhile, in Iowa, the state's department of transportation began hosting its own Message Mondays back in ... «Standard-Examiner, Jul 15»
6
The Devil That Lurks in Kalenjin Politics
In the five decades during which the Kalenjin have socio-economically morphed into an agrarian society, is a blinker. Hence, while the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Police Beat: Use your turn signals
... Pat Sullivan would say to him; “Don't put your life in the trust of someone else's blinker.” This has stuck with me since my early driving days. «Waxahachie Daily Light, Jul 15»
8
Traffic cameras: Stop them before they shoot again | Paul Mulshine
This school bus had their right blinker on to turn right on Brady Road. The school bus then came to a stop while turning right (no flashing lights, ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
9
Opinion Line (July 4)
The next time you pass me when I'm making a left turn, with my blinker on, I'm simply going to make the legal turn, let you hit me and watch you ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
10
Derek Rielly: The eight things your kids should never see you do
... out of the blue… someone lets loose with a volley of abuse just because you didn't have your blinker on as you went through the roundabout. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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