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headlight

  • /ˈhɛdˌlaɪt/ US

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From head + light.

noun headlights

  1. A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair. The indefinite object was drawing away from us at a high speed and eventually disappeared into a veil of atmospherics, very much as a headlight disappearing into a fog.

    Similar: headlamp

  2. US, in plural, slang, vulgar A woman's breast. Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas.[…]Well, you know. Melons.[…]Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons?[…]I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas?[…]Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.
  3. Canada, in plural, slang, vulgar A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
  4. US, in plural, slang A jewel; especially a diamond.
  5. US, in plural, slang Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

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noun bright light in front of vehicle

Españolfaro, foco, farol
한국어헤드라이트 hedeuraiteu, 전조등 jeonjodeung
日本語ヘッドライト heddoraito, 前照灯 zenshōtō
中文車燈 /车灯 chēdēng, 燈 /灯 dēng, 前照燈 /前照灯 qiánzhàodēng
हिन्दीहेडलाइट heḍlāiṭ
Portuguêslanterna
Françaisphare
DeutschScheinwerfer, Vorderscheinwerfer, Frontscheinwerfer
Italianofanale, faro, abbaglianti
Ελληνικάπροβολέας provoléas
Românăfar
Русскийфа́ра fára
Tiếng Việtđèn pha, pha, pha xe, đèn
עבריתפנס panás

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@misc{headlight_2026,
  title = {headlight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headlight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}