headlightnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈhed.laɪt/us/ˈhed.laɪt/UK also headlampa large, powerful light at the front of a vehicle, usually one of two:
I could see a car's headlights coming towards me.
It was foggy, and all the cars had their headlights on.
to dip your headlights (= make them shine downwards)
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- inner tube
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- vanity plates
- wing
- wing mirror
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Idiom(s)
be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights