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taillights

taillights is the plural of taillight.

Meaning of taillight

Noun

taillight (plural taillights)

  1. One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
    • All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162
    Synonyms:
    rear light, taillamp

Questions about taillights

What is taillights the plural of?
Taillights is the plural of taillight.

Words near taillights in the dictionary

  1. tailleur
  2. tailleurs
  3. taillie
  4. taillies
  5. taillight
  6. taillights
  7. taillike
  8. Taillon
  9. Taillons
  10. Tailltiu
  11. tailmaw

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