blinder

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective comparative form of blind: more blind
2. noun Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.

   He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.

3. noun A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
4. noun A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.
5. noun Something that impairs visual or mental perception in a way figuratively compared to horses' blinders.
6. noun An exceptional performance.

   He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.

7. noun A bout of heavy drinking.
8. noun A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change.

Similar words

winker blinker oaxaca blindfold sunblind blindhood purblind blindfoldee visionlessness blur

Often followed by

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Word family

blinders had blinders on had her blinders on had his blinders on had my blinders on had one's blinders on had our blinders on had their blinders on had your blinders on has blinders on