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strobe

/stɹəʊb/ UK
/stɹoʊb/ US

Rhymes with -əʊb

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Shortening of stroboscope.

noun strobes

A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light. White all light sources illuminate the subject, the strobe both illuminates and "freezes" the subject.
A pulse of light, such as from a flashing or rotating light source. "The strobe from the lighthouse came into the window and lit up the wall behind my crib."
An electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read. a memory strobe; a data strobe

verb strobes · strobing · strobed

To flash like a stroboscopic lamp. ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes...

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noun a stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light

Español	lámpara estroboscópica
Français	stroboscope

noun an electronic signal in hardware indicating that a value is ready to be read

Español	señal estroboscópica

verb Translations

Español	estroboscopiar

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@misc{strobe_2026,
  title = {strobe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/strobe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}