red light

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red light

noun red lights

  1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop. We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.

    Similar: stoplight, stop light

  2. A sign of a brothel. Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.
  3. idiomatic A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.

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noun a warning light, especially as a traffic signal

Españolluz roja
한국어적신호 jeoksinho, 적색신호 jeoksaeksinho, 빨간불 ppalganbul
日本語赤信号 akashingō
中文紅燈 /红灯 hóngdēng
Françaisfeu rouge
DeutschRotlicht
Русскийкра́сный свет krásnyj svet
Tiếng Việtđèn đỏ
العربيةضَوْء أَحْمَر ḍawʔ ʔaḥmar

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@misc{red_light_2026,
  title = {red light},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red%20light},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}