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"BLINKERS" is a plural of: blinker. |
Date "BLINKERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1867. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Blinkers Spectacles; the allusion is to a horse's blinkers. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "BLINKERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 97.83% of the time. "BLINKERS" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 97.83% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BLINKERS": d-blinkers, sun-blinkers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BLINKERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pafta (Blinders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غمامة للخيل, ضوء للتحذير, ضوء وامض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | очи (eyes, keekers, winkers), наочници. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | klapky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vacillement, feux de détresse, clignotants, "illères. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | scheuklappen (blinders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλάπεσ, παρωπίδεσ, παρωπίδα (blinder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | villogó (flashy), szemellenző (blinders, peak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | paraocchi (Blinders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 目 し (eye bandage, mask, screen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | めかくし (eye bandage, mask, screen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scaaghyn-sooilley. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inkersblay ochelari de protecţie (goggles, preserve, preserver), ochelari (barnacles, Blinders, eye-glass, glass, glasses, goggles, lorgnette, spectacles, sunglasses). (various references) шоры (blinders, blinker, winkers), наглазники. (various references) naočnjaci (blinders). (various references) skygglappar (Blinders). (various references) güneş gözlüğü (pair of sunglasses, shade, sunglasses), at gözlüğü (winkers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"BLINKERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: belongers, blankers, Blenkner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-k-l-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: berlins, bilkers, blinker, linkers, relinks. | |
-2 letters: berlin, bikers, bilker, birles, blinks, brines, brinks, inkers, inkles, libers, likens, likers, liners, linker, reinks, relink, silken, sinker. | |
-3 letters: biers, biker, bikes, biles, bilks, bines, birks, birle, birls, birse, blink, brens, bries, brine, brink, brins, brisk, inker, inkle, keirs, kerbs, kerns, kibes, kiers, kilns, kines, kirns, lenis. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-k-l-n-r-s" | |
+2 letters: besprinkle, drinkables, shrinkable. | |
+3 letters: besprinkled, besprinkles, linebackers. | |
+4 letters: besprinkling, cinderblocks, lawbreakings. | |
+5 letters: nonshrinkable. | |
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