headlight
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Noun
editheadlight (plural headlights)
- 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.
- (US, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- 1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell):
- 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.
- (Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A jewel; especially a diamond.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
Synonyms
edit- (motor vehicle light): headlamp
- (breast): See also Thesaurus:breast.
- (nipple): See also Thesaurus:nipples.
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editbright light in front of vehicle
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edit- Eric Partridge (2005) “headlights”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 979.
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