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Maglite

Maglite noun: a kind of flashlight with a variable-focus beam.

Noun

Maglite (plural Maglites)

  1. A kind of flashlight with a variable-focus beam.
    • Had the guards seen the flash of their Maglites in the office? It didn't matter. What did matter was getting the hell out of here in one piece.2006, Lindsay McKenna, Sisters of the Ark Trilogy, page 153
    • They tested it with their feet, gingerly, making sure the wood wasn't rotten, then stepped onto it and shone their Maglites out into the void.2008, Paul Sussman, The Last Secret Of The Temple, page 622

Forms of Maglite

pluralMaglites

Origin of Maglite

Maglica (“the company founder's surname”) + light

Questions about Maglite

What does Maglite mean?
Maglite means a kind of flashlight with a variable-focus beam.
What part of speech is Maglite?
Maglite is a noun.
What is the plural of Maglite?
The plural of Maglite is Maglites.

Words near Maglite in the dictionary

  1. Magliman
  2. Maglio
  3. Maglione
  4. Magliones
  5. Maglios
  6. Maglite
  7. Maglites
  8. maglock
  9. maglocks
  10. Maglocune
  11. Magloire

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