Word.ws English Dictionary

blue-light special

blue-light special noun: a discount or bargain.

Noun

blue-light special (plural blue-light specials)

  1. (US, dated) A discount or bargain.

Forms of blue-light special

pluralblue-light specials

Origin of blue-light special

From use in Kmart, where a flashing blue light was turned on to indicate a short-term discount.

Questions about blue-light special

What does blue-light special mean?
Blue-light special means a discount or bargain.
What part of speech is blue-light special?
Blue-light special is a noun.
What is the plural of blue-light special?
The plural of blue-light special is blue-light specials.

Words near blue-light special in the dictionary

  1. blue-headed wagtails
  2. blue-helmet
  3. blue-helmets
  4. blue-jawed
  5. blue-legged mantella
  6. blue-light special
  7. blue-light specials
  8. blue-lined
  9. blue-linked
  10. blue-lipped sea krait
  11. blue-lipped sea kraits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blue-light special (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “blue-light special.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/blue-light_special. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.