headlight

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English

Etymology

head +‎ light

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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.
  2. (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.
  3. (Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
  4. (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A jewel; especially a diamond.
  5. (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

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