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bli nd a l|ley (blind alleys ) N‑COUNT If you describe a situation as a blind alley , you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results. □  Ben wanted to go to drama school, which I worried would end up being a blind alley.

bli nd da te (blind dates ) N‑COUNT A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.

blind|er /bla I ndə ^r / (blinders ) N‑PLURAL Blinders are the same as blinkers . [AM ]

blind|fold /bla I ndfoʊld/ (blindfolds , blindfolding , blindfolded )

1 N‑COUNT A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.

2 VERB If you blindfold someone, you tie a blindfold over their eyes. □ [V n] His abductors blindfolded him and drove him to a flat in southern Beirut. □ [V -ed] The report says prisoners were often kept blindfolded.

3 ADJ [ADJ after v] If someone does something blindfold , they do it while wearing a blindfold. □  The Australian chess grandmaster took on six opponents blindfold and beat five.

4 PHRASE If you say that you can do something blindfold , you are emphasizing that you can do it easily, for example because you have done it many times before. [EMPHASIS ] □  He read the letter again although already he could have recited its contents blindfold.

blind|ing /bla I nd I ŋ/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A blinding light is extremely bright. □  The doctor worked busily beneath the blinding lights of the delivery room.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use blinding to emphasize that something is very obvious. [EMPHASIS ] □  I woke up in the middle of the night with a blinding flash of realization. ●  blind|ing|ly ADV [ADV adj/adv] □  It is so blindingly obvious that defence must be the responsibility of the state.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Blinding pain is very strong pain. □  There was a pain then, a quick, blinding agony that jumped along Danlo's spine.

blind|ly /bla I ndli/

1 ADV [usu ADV with v, oft ADV adj] If you say that someone does something blindly , you mean that they do it without having enough information, or without thinking about it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  Don't just blindly follow what the banker says. □  Without adequate information, many students choose a college almost blindly.

2 → see also blind

bli nd spot (blind spots )

1 N‑COUNT If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is. □  The prime minister has a blind spot on ethical issues. □  When I was single I never worried about money–it was a bit of a blind spot.

2 N‑COUNT A blind spot is an area in your range of vision that you cannot see properly but which you really should be able to see. For example, when you are driving a car, the area just behind your shoulders is often a blind spot.

bli nd tru st (blind trusts ) N‑COUNT A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly. [BUSINESS ] □  His shares were placed in a blind trust when he became a government minister.

bling /bl I ŋ/ or bling-bling N‑UNCOUNT Some people refer to expensive or fancy jewellery as bling or bling-bling . [INFORMAL ] □  Big-name jewellers are battling it out to get celebrities to wear their bling. □  …gangsta rap's love of bling-bling.

blink /bl I ŋk/ (blinks , blinking , blinked )