Definitions for blinder

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blinder blind·er

Spelling: [blahyn-der]

IPA: /ˈblaɪn dər/

Blinder is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in blinder (bdeilnr).

Definitions for blinder

noun

1. a person or thing that blinds.
2. a blinker for a horse.
3. British Informal. a spectacular shot or action in sports, especially soccer:
4. something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
5. a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light.
6. venetian blind.
7. Chiefly Midland U.S. and British. window shade.
8. a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, especially one in which hunters conceal themselves:
9. an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge:
10. a decoy.
11. Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree.
12. Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
13. (used with a plural verb) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the):

Idioms

1. fly blind. fly1 (def 34).

adverb

1. into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost:
2. without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly:
3. without guidance or forethought:
4. to an extreme or absolute degree; completely:

adjective

1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless:
2. unwilling or unable to perceive or understand:
3. not characterized or determined by reason or control:
4. not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning:
5. lacking all consciousness or awareness:
6. drunk.
7. hard to see or understand:
8. hidden from immediate view, especially from oncoming motorists:
9. of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously:
10. having no outlets; closed at one end:
11. Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
12. dense enough to form a screen:
13. done without seeing; by instruments alone:
14. made without some prior knowledge:
15. of or relating to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
16. of, relating to, or for blind persons.
17. Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil.
18. Cookery. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling.
19. (of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread.

verb (used with object)

1. to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.:
2. to make obscure or dark:
3. to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment:
4. to outshine; eclipse:

Origin of blinder

First recorded in 1580-90; blind + -er¹

Examples for blinder

When the load is securely fastened in its place, the blinder is removed.

It is as if I'd been blind all the time I have known you, blind to the truth of you and blinder still to my own truth.

In one picture the mask is shut; and in the other, one of the jaws, like a blinder to a bridle, is open.

Are we moles, and blinder than moles, that we should continually be made the dupes of these women?

Rob, blinder now than ever, thought that she wanted to get rid of him.

For I have been blind and deaf, as blind and as deaf as this man was—yes, blinder than he ever was.

No, oh, no; for then she would be deafer and dumber and blinder than she was before.

Stiglitz, Akerlof, Krugman, and blinder would all be much better.

"blinder motions," Less rational, less well-guided emotions.

"Wildfire, I got a rope on you—an' a hackamore—an' a blinder," said Slone.