See blinkenlight on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "A faux-Germanization of blinkin' lights, invoking German blinken (“blink, flash”).", "forms": [ { "form": "blinkenlights", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "blinkenlight (plural blinkenlights)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "2023 October 8, HarryBlank, “Taking the Lead”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-05-25:", "text": "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?\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A flashing light or beacon light." ], "id": "en-blinkenlight-en-noun-TblN2a9q", "links": [ [ "flash", "flash" ], [ "light", "light" ], [ "beacon", "beacon" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "96 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "a flashing light or beacon light", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Blinklicht" }, { "_dis1": "96 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "migálka", "sense": "a flashing light or beacon light", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "мига́лка" }, { "_dis1": "96 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "majačók", "sense": "a flashing light or beacon light", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "маячо́к" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "12 88", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "21 79", "kind": "other", "name": "English pseudo-loans from German", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "13 87", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 91", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 94", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "15 85", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "14 86", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Russian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "A status light on an electronic or electric device, such as a modem, router, network hub, etc." ], "id": "en-blinkenlight-en-noun--gx6NFZp", "links": [ [ "status", "status" ], [ "light", "light" ], [ "electronic", "electronic" ], [ "electric", "electric" ], [ "device", "device" ], [ "modem", "modem" ], [ "router", "router" ], [ "network", "network" ], [ "hub", "hub" ] ] } ], "word": "blinkenlight" }
{ "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English pseudo-loans from German", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Terms with German translations", "Terms with Russian translations" ], "etymology_text": "A faux-Germanization of blinkin' lights, invoking German blinken (“blink, flash”).", "forms": [ { "form": "blinkenlights", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "blinkenlight (plural blinkenlights)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2023 October 8, HarryBlank, “Taking the Lead”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-05-25:", "text": "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?\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A flashing light or beacon light." ], "links": [ [ "flash", "flash" ], [ "light", "light" ], [ "beacon", "beacon" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "A status light on an electronic or electric device, such as a modem, router, network hub, etc." ], "links": [ [ "status", "status" ], [ "light", "light" ], [ "electronic", "electronic" ], [ "electric", "electric" ], [ "device", "device" ], [ "modem", "modem" ], [ "router", "router" ], [ "network", "network" ], [ "hub", "hub" ] ] } ], "translations": [ { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "a flashing light or beacon light", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Blinklicht" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "migálka", "sense": "a flashing light or beacon light", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "мига́лка" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "majačók", "sense": "a flashing light or beacon light", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "маячо́к" } ], "word": "blinkenlight" }
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