Synonyms for headlight


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hed-lahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌlaɪt


Définition of headlight

Origin :
  • 1861, originally of ships and locomotives, from head (n.) + light (n.). Related: Headlights, which, as slang for "a woman's breasts," is from 1940s.
  • As in eye : noun optical organ of an animate being
Example sentences :
  • My eyes were dazzled by a headlight that one of them carried.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Savarin and Other Stories » by Edward William Thomson
  • The glass in the headlight of one of the cars tinkled to the ground.
  • Extract from : « One Man's Initiation--1917 » by John Dos Passos
  • The glare of the headlight fascinated, challenged, angered him.
  • Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
  • It was from the headlight of a locomotive that we couldn't see yet.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • It was pretty bright in our car on account of the headlight from the engine.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • "Shout to the engineer to turn off that headlight and we'll go to sleep," Wig said.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Only the oil cups and other small fittings, with the headlight, were broken.
  • Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker
  • The headlight was hors de combat; only the "dimmer" would work.
  • Extract from : « Across America by Motor-cycle » by C. K. Shepherd
  • If it only had an electric bulb in it we could use it for a headlight.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • I am pleased to know from his own lips that you uncovered his headlight on that point.
  • Extract from : « Letters from an Old Railway Official » by Charles DeLano Hine

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