Winker

Automotive Term

A winker is a Japanese term for a turn signal light on a car. This term is primarily used by Honda in much their older english language documentation for their early cars. This would be a mild example of engrish, (since this is a corrupted form of the word blinker).

Wink"er (?), n.

1.

One who winks.

Pope.

2.

A horse's blinder; a blinker.

 

© Webster 1913.

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