blinker
/ˈblɪŋkəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.35 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
noun
The eyelid.
noun
In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.
Example Sentences
- "She was a frequent blinker, always on the verge of tears."
- "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 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. […]"
- "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"."
- "As Hickerson points out, a glider aimed at a faraway blinker or preblock has only 8 cells, but can be arranged to run as long as you want."
Etymology
Etymology tree English blink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blinker From blink + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈblɪŋkəɹ/
- British English: /ˈblɪŋkə/