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View synonyms for headlight

headlight

[ hed-lahyt ]

noun

  1. a light lights or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.


headlight

/ ˈhɛdˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a powerful light, equipped with a reflector and attached to the front of a motor vehicle, locomotive, etc See also quartz-iodine lamp


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Word History and Origins

Origin of headlight1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; head + light 1

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Example Sentences

As he drove through the headlight-broken darkness now, other cars passed him bringing other men home from other jobs.

So if you are stopped for jaywalking or driving with a broken headlight, the police can ask to see your papers.

Away off to the southwest a bright light showed briefly—the headlight of a Santa Fe train, he guessed it must be.

One of the men stood on the track waving the red lantern; we could see him plainly in the glare of the headlight.

Close below the headlight was a moving shadow they finally made out as company men, they could not tell how many.

As the train rolled up, the headlight flashing far down the track and the steam hissing from the engine, I turned weak all over.

The pilot doubled back into the ponies, and the headlight was scoured with nut, pea, and slack; but the stack was hardly bruised.

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