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blinkenlight

blinkenlight noun: a flashing light or beacon light.

Noun

blinkenlight (plural blinkenlights)

  1. A flashing light or beacon light.
    • The ASC straightened in his chair, casting a blinkenlight shadow over them. "I think we can table this until further investigation is done into Agent Mukami's cognition, however we want to approach that. Yes?"2023 October 8, HarryBlank, “Taking the Lead”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024
  2. A status light on an electronic or electric device, such as a modem, router, network hub, etc.

Forms of blinkenlight

pluralblinkenlights

Origin of blinkenlight

A faux-Germanization of blinking lights, invoking German blinken (“blink, flash”).

Questions about blinkenlight

What does blinkenlight mean?
Blinkenlight means a flashing light or beacon light.
What part of speech is blinkenlight?
Blinkenlight is a noun.
What is the plural of blinkenlight?
The plural of blinkenlight is blinkenlights.

Words near blinkenlight in the dictionary

  1. blinkard
  2. blinkards
  3. blinked
  4. blinked first
  5. Blinken
  6. blinkenlight
  7. blinkenlights
  8. Blinkens
  9. blinker
  10. blinker fluid
  11. blinkerdom

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