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Turn Signal

Definition: Turn Signal

Turn Signal

Noun

1. A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Turn Signal

Synonyms: blinker (n), trafficator (n), turn indicator (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Turn Signal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

motorcycle turn signal

79

turn signal

46

turn signal switch

26

turn signal mirror

23

turn signal flasher

20

turn signal light

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Turn Signal

Language Translations for "turn signal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

clignotant. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

indexlámpa (indicator light). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urntay ignalsay

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

migavac (signal), žmigavac (winkers). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Turn Signal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-n-n-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: insulant, insurant, lustring, nursling, rustling, saluting, singular, slanting, snarling, starling, turnings, unstring.

-3 letters: antigun, antings, gastrin, gratins, guanins, guitars, insular, inturns, langurs, lasting, linsang, lungans, lunting, lusting, lutings, nilgaus, nurling, nursing, nutrias, ranting, ratings, ratlins, rituals, rulings, rusting, salting, slating, snaring, staling, staning, staring, tunings, turning, unnails, unsling, unsnarl, urinals.

-4 letters: algins, aligns.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-n-n-r-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: unstartling.

 

+2 letters: granulations, naturalising, neutralising, transvaluing.

 

+3 letters: strangulating, strangulation.

 

+4 letters: degranulations, nonregulations, strangulations, transvaluating, triangulations.

 

+5 letters: congratulations, industrialising, industrializing, understandingly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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