blinker
noun
- cellular automaton pattern
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L330970 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈblɪŋkə/ / /ˈblɪŋkəɹ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English blink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blinker From blink + -er.
- Anything that blinks.
“She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears.”
- The turn signal of an automobile.
- A shield attached to the bridle of a horse or other domesticated animal to prevent it from seeing things behind it and to its side.
- Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.
“This floor let not the vulgar tread, / Who worship only what they dread: / Nor bigots who but one way see, / Through blinkers of authority”
- The eyelid.
- A black eye.
“The next morning, Jimmy came home with a fat lip and a black eye. Flory rushed over to tend to him. “Ain't nothin'. Just a blinker... had a fight with a guy. […]”
- In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
“The following for example, doesn't work because the spark at the top is actually a blinker, and doesn't die. Without the blinker, this object is known as an OWSS (overweight spaceship).”
“3 live cells together can yield either a blinker or a block, so these will be the most common objects formed "out of the void".”
- A situation where the light of a dab pen or vape starts blinking, which happens when the user takes an extremely long hit.
“a double blinker (hitting blinkers on two pens simultaneously)”
“I just hit a blinker.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English blink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blinker From blink + -er.
- To put blinkers on.
“The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.”