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Definition of blinker in English: blinkernoun ˈblɪŋkəˈblɪŋkər 1British A pair of small leather screens attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it seeing sideways and behind and being startled. Example sentencesExamples - The five-year-old went from strength to strength after being applied with blinkers last season and emerged as one of the leading novices.
- For a long time, I thought this was just wrong and foolish on their part, but now I see a certain benefit to those blinkers.
- Storming Home also proved the value of the controversial sheepskin cheekpieces which are now regularly fitted to horses who find blinkers and visors too claustrophobic.
- It is just that the racegoers look as if they might have been wearing blinkers when they got dressed that morning.
- We took the blinkers off and were trying to get her to relax a little more.… it looks like it worked.
- He really galloped well in the blinkers, so we put them on for the race and gave him Lasix, but I think the blinkers really made a difference.
- The horse's owner puts leather blinkers close to its eyes so that it can only see what its master wants it to see, not look here or there.
- Favourite First Gold, wearing blinkers, was looking for his third success in the race and led for most the race.
- But Refinement, fitted with blinkers for the first time, returned to the winner's enclosure with an impressive nine-length victory.
- He guns for his fourth straight victory since the addition of blinkers.
- 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.
- This year's fuelled by such high octane horsepower you'll need to pull in the reins and wear blinkers to avoid cantering off course in all directions.
- He finished 13 th and wore a pair of blinkers, which I now think should be banned in that race.
- Horses must be stripped of all clothing except small rubbers the size of the saddle and hoods with blinkers attached.
- I was pleased with the others except Fadalko who didn't really take to the blinkers for the first time.
- If we had taken the blinkers off him and changed the colors on him, he'd have looked exactly like Star.
- Horses do not improve with first time blinkers.
- We put blinkers on her, and that seemed to work really well.
- The application of blinkers worked a treat on this filly at Ayr last time when she romped home by eight lengths in a maiden race.
- But her time was actually the fastest of the morning, and I didn't have the blinkers on her.
- 1.1 Something which prevents someone from gaining a full understanding of a situation.
we are having a fresh look at ourselves without blinkers Example sentencesExamples - Tudor history has often been seen through English blinkers but how and how far did events in Ireland, Scotland and Europe influence the English Reformation?
- I met him at a point in my life when I was just ready to look at the world and it was like he took my blinkers off.
- Their prettiness are in the selfish mind and in the untrained eyes behind the blinkers of this blind beholder!
- Take off your blinkers and look at the big picture.
- We must remove our blinkers to allow a fuller account of Aboriginal history to unfold.
2A vehicle indicator or other device that gives out an intermittent light. the cars queued up with blinkers flashing Example sentencesExamples - ‘Easy enough for you to say,’ I'd reminded him, watching him shift the blinker on as we turned off the main road.
- Then he turned his right blinker on, and I sighed in relief.
- Jack only switched his right blinker on and turned towards Route 301 instead.
- Josh turned on his left blinker and rolled to a stop at the red light.
- Signal your intention to change the lane in good time by using the blinker and if necessary, by hand signalling, says the handbook.
- Nick put on his blinker and drove into a parking spot.
- Putting his blinker on, he managed to work his way over two lanes to the side of the freeway, all the while making sure that the car behind him followed.
- A mile later I flick on my left blinker and turn into the plaza.
- I put on my blinker and turned onto the road, which was heavily laden with fog.
- His car cruised down the right lane of the street with its blinker on.
- Joan once opened her mouth to tell him where to turn, but he switched his blinker before she could say anything.
- Brian flicked his blinker signal and descended the exit ramp.
- Try to hit the blinker and reset your cruise control.
- The green light always takes an eon to change while my left blinker gives off its annoying click.
- As we merge into traffic, he uses both his blinker and an arm signal.
- This is just some stupid road with a red light on and my blinker is saying that I am headed for the left.
- It turned on its blinker and drove into his driveway.
- Mara slowed at a stoplight and switched on the right blinker.
- Kyle flipped on his blinker and a few moments later we were heading down the road, towards the lake.
- I particularly liked the vehicle's side blinker.
verbˈblɪŋkəˈblɪŋkər [with object]1Put blinkers on (a horse) Brown Boy will be blinkered for the first time at York Example sentencesExamples - Advocaat's patience with the Italian has appeared infinite, but one wonders whether pride has blinkered the manager's approach.
- As any horse-cab driver in downtown Cairo knows, a horse must be blinkered to navigate the streets, or else the traffic will cause it to shy.
- 1.1 Cause (someone) to have a narrow or limited outlook on a situation.
university education blinkers researchers so that they see poverty in terms of their own specialization Example sentencesExamples - A quarter-century of industrial thinking originating from Europe and North America continues to blinker us from this reality.
- It is about the fear of crime, oppression of women and how people feel safer to blinker themselves against poverty and homelessness.
- It is absurd to assert that he was blinkered to the reality of those clearances taking place 100 miles to the north.
- Our adversarial political system, coupled to a five-yearly electoral cycle, is sadly blinkering many politicians and commentators to one stark fact.
- You get blinkered by routine and one of the great things in this business is the variety it affords you.
- But none of these should blinker students from examining the other financial implications of the accounts on offer.
- Your racist stereotyping may have blinkered you to the fact, but people and societies can and do change.
- The interview process is likely to entail some degree of closure as the interview guide is put together, which may blinker the researcher slightly.
- As someone has already said, his climb up the ministerial pole sadly blinkers him against anything that may dent his progress.
- In common with many of the finest competitors, she says that she is able to blinker herself, block out the outside world at times of great anxiety.
- We are blinkered by outdated stereotypes and we're reluctant to move beyond them, because at the end of the day we've never forgiven Germany for unleashing Hitler on Europe.
- None of these points have anything to do with freedom of expression or politics - the personal agendas that blinker your outlook.
- The media, however, implicitly blinkers itself to this reality.
- To have done so would have been to tell another story, one not associated with blinkering workers and adding to corporate bottom lines.
- Maybe his vision could have been blinkered by already knowing the players personally.
- This made him realize how trivial were the pleasures with which his father had attempted to blinker him.
Rhymes clinker, drinker, finca, freethinker, Glinka, Inca, inker, jinker, shrinker, sinker, Soyinka, stinker, stotinka, thinker, tinker, Treblinka, winker Definition of blinker in US English: blinkernounˈblɪŋkərˈbliNGkər 1A device that blinks, especially a vehicle's turn signal. Example sentencesExamples - Brian flicked his blinker signal and descended the exit ramp.
- This is just some stupid road with a red light on and my blinker is saying that I am headed for the left.
- Joan once opened her mouth to tell him where to turn, but he switched his blinker before she could say anything.
- Putting his blinker on, he managed to work his way over two lanes to the side of the freeway, all the while making sure that the car behind him followed.
- It turned on its blinker and drove into his driveway.
- Try to hit the blinker and reset your cruise control.
- As we merge into traffic, he uses both his blinker and an arm signal.
- His car cruised down the right lane of the street with its blinker on.
- Signal your intention to change the lane in good time by using the blinker and if necessary, by hand signalling, says the handbook.
- Jack only switched his right blinker on and turned towards Route 301 instead.
- Then he turned his right blinker on, and I sighed in relief.
- Nick put on his blinker and drove into a parking spot.
- ‘Easy enough for you to say,’ I'd reminded him, watching him shift the blinker on as we turned off the main road.
- Josh turned on his left blinker and rolled to a stop at the red light.
- I put on my blinker and turned onto the road, which was heavily laden with fog.
- Mara slowed at a stoplight and switched on the right blinker.
- Kyle flipped on his blinker and a few moments later we were heading down the road, towards the lake.
- A mile later I flick on my left blinker and turn into the plaza.
- The green light always takes an eon to change while my left blinker gives off its annoying click.
- I particularly liked the vehicle's side blinker.
2blinkers another term for blinders Example sentencesExamples - If we had taken the blinkers off him and changed the colors on him, he'd have looked exactly like Star.
- He really galloped well in the blinkers, so we put them on for the race and gave him Lasix, but I think the blinkers really made a difference.
- We put blinkers on her, and that seemed to work really well.
- The application of blinkers worked a treat on this filly at Ayr last time when she romped home by eight lengths in a maiden race.
- The horse's owner puts leather blinkers close to its eyes so that it can only see what its master wants it to see, not look here or there.
- This year's fuelled by such high octane horsepower you'll need to pull in the reins and wear blinkers to avoid cantering off course in all directions.
- We took the blinkers off and were trying to get her to relax a little more.… it looks like it worked.
- Storming Home also proved the value of the controversial sheepskin cheekpieces which are now regularly fitted to horses who find blinkers and visors too claustrophobic.
- 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.
- Favourite First Gold, wearing blinkers, was looking for his third success in the race and led for most the race.
- Horses do not improve with first time blinkers.
- But Refinement, fitted with blinkers for the first time, returned to the winner's enclosure with an impressive nine-length victory.
- Horses must be stripped of all clothing except small rubbers the size of the saddle and hoods with blinkers attached.
- But her time was actually the fastest of the morning, and I didn't have the blinkers on her.
- The five-year-old went from strength to strength after being applied with blinkers last season and emerged as one of the leading novices.
- For a long time, I thought this was just wrong and foolish on their part, but now I see a certain benefit to those blinkers.
- He guns for his fourth straight victory since the addition of blinkers.
- He finished 13 th and wore a pair of blinkers, which I now think should be banned in that race.
- It is just that the racegoers look as if they might have been wearing blinkers when they got dressed that morning.
- I was pleased with the others except Fadalko who didn't really take to the blinkers for the first time.
verbˈblɪŋkərˈbliNGkər [with object]1Put blinders on (a horse). Example sentencesExamples - As any horse-cab driver in downtown Cairo knows, a horse must be blinkered to navigate the streets, or else the traffic will cause it to shy.
- Advocaat's patience with the Italian has appeared infinite, but one wonders whether pride has blinkered the manager's approach.
- 1.1 Cause (someone) to have a narrow or limited outlook on a situation.
college education blinkers researchers so that they see poverty in terms of their own specialization Example sentencesExamples - Maybe his vision could have been blinkered by already knowing the players personally.
- In common with many of the finest competitors, she says that she is able to blinker herself, block out the outside world at times of great anxiety.
- This made him realize how trivial were the pleasures with which his father had attempted to blinker him.
- Your racist stereotyping may have blinkered you to the fact, but people and societies can and do change.
- As someone has already said, his climb up the ministerial pole sadly blinkers him against anything that may dent his progress.
- You get blinkered by routine and one of the great things in this business is the variety it affords you.
- Our adversarial political system, coupled to a five-yearly electoral cycle, is sadly blinkering many politicians and commentators to one stark fact.
- The interview process is likely to entail some degree of closure as the interview guide is put together, which may blinker the researcher slightly.
- We are blinkered by outdated stereotypes and we're reluctant to move beyond them, because at the end of the day we've never forgiven Germany for unleashing Hitler on Europe.
- To have done so would have been to tell another story, one not associated with blinkering workers and adding to corporate bottom lines.
- But none of these should blinker students from examining the other financial implications of the accounts on offer.
- None of these points have anything to do with freedom of expression or politics - the personal agendas that blinker your outlook.
- It is about the fear of crime, oppression of women and how people feel safer to blinker themselves against poverty and homelessness.
- The media, however, implicitly blinkers itself to this reality.
- A quarter-century of industrial thinking originating from Europe and North America continues to blinker us from this reality.
- It is absurd to assert that he was blinkered to the reality of those clearances taking place 100 miles to the north.
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