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taillight

[ teyl-lahyt ]

noun

  1. a light, lights, usually red, at the rear of an automobile, train, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of taillight1

First recorded in 1835–45; tail 1 + light 1

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Example Sentences

She was with him in his silver 2003 Isuzu Rodeo on February 24, when he was stopped for a broken taillight.

He smoked in silence, keeping his eyes on the red glow of the taillight ahead of them.

Rand kept Cabot's taillight in sight until the broker swung into his drive and put his car in the garage.

The little red taillight went out and on four times in quick succession.

Ted heard Loring Blade start his pickup and watched the red taillight bobbing down their driveway.

Tom's first impulse was to run after the automobile, the red taillight of which glowed through the blackness like a ruby eye.

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