dimmers

[dim-er]

dim·mer

[dim-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that dims.
2.
Also called dimmer switch. a rheostat or similar device by which the intensity of an electric light may be varied.
3.
dimmers,
a.
the low-beam headlights of an automobile or truck.
b.
the small, parking lights of an automobile.

Origin:
1815–25; dim + -er1
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Dimmers is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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