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View synonyms for strobe

strobe

[ strohb ]

noun

  1. Also called strobe light. stroboscope ( def 2a ).


adjective

strobe

/ strəʊb /

verb

  1. to give the appearance of arrested or slow motion by using intermittent illumination

strobe

/ strōb /

  1. A strobe light.
  2. A stroboscope.
  3. A spot of higher than normal intensity in the sweep of an indicator on a scanning device, as on a radar screen, used as a reference mark for determining the position or distance of the object scanned or detected.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strobe1

First recorded in 1940–45; shortened form

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Example Sentences

He stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity.

The light glinted strobe-like off the brick façade and the air momentarily filled with the paparazzi sound of camera shutters.

The strobe lights in the cardboard bleachers flash and after a second take Coco nails her walk and gets whisked away for a nap.

Camera flashes from both onstage guests and the audience shutter like strobe lights.

That morning, I escaped from the school with my classmates at the prompting of a strobe-lighted fire alarm after shots rang out.

Even a portable strobe-light gives a couple of million watts for the forty-thousandth of a second.

I'm thinking—suppose I made the field with a strobe-light power-pack—or maybe a spot-welding unit.

My vision washed over pink, and a strobe pounded at the edges of my vision.

Mandibular strobe: a broad deep groove on outer side of mandible in some Coleoptera.

One strobe of Querto's sabre had severed his faithful head from his body.

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