blinker
English
/ˈblɪŋkə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.
- Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.
- Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
- (rare) The eyelid.
- (slang) A black eye.
- (cellular automata) In 's Game of Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
Etymology
Suffix from English blink.
Origin
English
blink
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blink English
- blink-eyed English
- blinkerdom English
- blinkest English
- blinketh English
- blinkie English
- blinkle English
- blinkless English
- blinky English
- eyeblink English
- iceblink English
- interblink English
- landblink English
- moonblink English
- nanoblinker English
- snowblink English
- sunblink English
- blynken Middle English
- blyîntchi Norman
- blinka Maltese