visor
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈvaɪzər/
:
visera
- The new helmet came with a tinted visor to protect against sunlight during rides.
And I fought and I won the right to wear a visor.
- And I fought and I won the right to wear a visor.
- You can buy all kind of little stuff that you get in the sun visors and shorts and you look like a tourist.
- But we do use the gold visors when we're going to be in the sun to protect our eyes from that solar radiation.
- We may bring down the sun visor or put on sunglasses and in most cases we slow down.
- They're not upset he didn't wear the visor or the slip resistant shoes or whatever.
- And I was like, right, where's your visor?
Examples
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So in this car, only the passenger can drop the visor and look at themselves.
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We may bring down the sun visor or put on sunglasses and in most cases we slow down.
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Well, they actually made us a new visor, so this is the new one we got right here.
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In fact, funny enough, if you pull that visor down, he has three questions for you right there.
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Pull down my visor and get behind me.
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Satisfied, she pulled the visor down and looked at her mother.
Fiction book (1993) -
Just flip down the visor in your car and take a peek.
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If you are wanting to get these procedures and things, stay out of the sun, wear a visor, wear a hat to wear sunscreen.
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I didn't connect the two until I found that card on the sun visor.
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I'm having a hard enough time reading this screen without the glare from that visor.
Synonyms
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5.3
The stiff front part of a cap that shades the eyes
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3.8
The front part of a hat that sticks out to shade the eyes
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4.4
A small front part of a hat that shades the eyes from the sun
A small shield on a hat or helmet that protects the eyes from the sun
Compounds
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Visor comes from the same old word for 'sight', Latin visus from videre 'to see', and is related to vision. A cap or helmet visor is the front part that shades or covers the eyes to help you see, so the word means the part that protects your 'sight'.