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headlights

headlights is the plural of headlight.

Meaning of headlight

Noun

headlight (plural 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.1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 28
    Synonyms:
    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.1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell)
  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).

Phrases with headlights

Questions about headlights

What is headlights the plural of?
Headlights is the plural of headlight.

Words near headlights in the dictionary

  1. headlight fluid
  2. headlighted
  3. headlightfish
  4. headlighting
  5. headlightings
  6. headlights
  7. headlike
  8. headline
  9. headline inflation
  10. headline inflations
  11. headline style

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